What would happen - Hijacked into Science of FL thread

[Tenacity]

Einstein's theory only applies to conventional means of accelerating though. Engines will never work in this way. The most plausible way for a jump gate to work would be for it to work similarly to a wormhole, utilising the curvature of space to do a sort of a shortcut, much like what you could do if you curved a piece of paper then blown a hole through it with a pen. The relativity theory does not apply then, since the speed of light is never actually exceeded by the vessel. Considering how both gates and holes work similarly to how a wormhole would, I figure it's just different names for the same thing, except without the problems that modern physics points out, that are either partially or fully theoretical (like exotic matter).

The problem with that is, as far as we know - wormholes dont exist. The only thing that can bend space is a black hole, due to an exceptionally powerful gravitational field - and even it doesnt truly 'bend' space, it simply sucks everything nearby to a single point, breaking it apart in the process.

As a fun fact: Einstein's relativity theory says that the faster you travel relative to a non moving observer, the slower time goes for you relative to the observer (in this case the rest of humanity). So following this theory the moment you reach light speed relative to the rest of the universe, time stops for you. I'll leave you with the ensuing time paradox on your mind:P

The problem is that you dont ever reach light speed's velocity over everything else - light still travels as fast as you're going, so the universe doesnt appear to stop, you just 'ascend' to seeing different things.

There's a time travel theory based on that though - basically saying if you travel directly away from the earth at 1/4 the speed of light for one year, and then travel back at the same speed; by the time you reach earth again only 2 years will have passed for you, but eight years will have passed for everyone else on earth.

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