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   The fantasy of starships is no more realistic than magic   
      
   Ellsworth Toohey  1:16 pm Thu Feb 5, 2026   
   Cover for  Cover for "Tiger, Tiger" by Alfred Bester   
      
   Interstellar travel — the kind in Star Trek, Star Wars, Dune — will   
   never happen.   
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   We have an excellent theoretical understanding of the physics within our   
   solar system, based on experimental measurements first performed on Earth   
   and later confirmed in orbit,  but it fails at larger scales. There are   
   apparently things we can't detect and measure from here.   
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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole   
      
   I don't believe Ancient Alien theories, for example the ancient Egyptian   
   value for Pi was 256/81 which is less accurate than 22/7 and wouldn't have   
   been acquired from an advanced entity. Preliterate artifacts may show   
   considerable freeform artistic talent but only minimal geometric knowledge.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)