{"id":18004,"date":"2015-09-30T19:46:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T02:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/why-alien-hunters-see-warp-drive-as-a-seti-nonstarter"},"modified":"2017-06-04T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T03:22:22","slug":"why-alien-hunters-see-warp-drive-as-a-seti-nonstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/why-alien-hunters-see-warp-drive-as-a-seti-nonstarter","title":{"rendered":"Why \u2018Alien Hunters\u2019 See \u2018Warp Drive\u2019 As A SETI Nonstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/why-alien-hunters-see-warp-drive-as-a-seti-nonstarter.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why #SETI and Warp Drive don\u2019t necessarily mix; although, I tend to think if #ET is out there it would have long figured out a way to manipulate spacetime for interstellar #FTL travel. It\u2019s time mainstream #physics embraced the idea that Einstein\u2019s axioms involving #lightspeed can be overcome. We\u2019ve nothing to lose but lots to gain. Special thanks to Erika McGinnis for allowing me to publish her artwork. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>For all the hype over the idea that someday, somehow we humans will voyage to the stars \u2014 not at a measly fraction of the speed of light \u2014 but several \u201cwarp\u201d factors beyond light speed, it\u2019s a prospect few physicists take seriously. Even mention of \u201cwarp drive\u201d is borderline taboo in certain academic circles.<\/p>\n<p>And the idea that Einstein\u2019s Theory of Relativity and with it the axiom that the ultimate speed of light can never be violated is a tenet that most researchers who spend their time plying the nearby cosmos for artificial radio or laser beacons have taken to heart. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonforb.es%2F1P6eJDz&text=It%20supports%20most%20SETI%20scientists%E2%80%99%20long-held%20notion%20that%20Earth%20has%20never%20been%20visited%20by%20sentient%20extraterrestrials.\" target=\"_blank\">It supports most SETI scientists\u2019 long-held notion that Earth has never been visited by sentient extraterrestrials.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brucedorminey\/2015\/09\/30\/why-alien-hunters-see-warp-drive-as-a-seti-nonstarter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why #SETI and Warp Drive don\u2019t necessarily mix; although, I tend to think if #ET is out there it would have long figured out a way to manipulate spacetime for interstellar #FTL travel. It\u2019s time mainstream #physics embraced the idea that Einstein\u2019s axioms involving #lightspeed can be overcome. We\u2019ve nothing to lose but lots to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":380,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,219,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-physics","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18004"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69445,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18004\/revisions\/69445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}