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   From: peter@pmoylan.org.invalid   
      
   On 13/08/13 02:44, David Hatunen wrote:   
   > On 10 Aug 2013 20:51:02 -0400, wdstarr@panix.com (William December   
   > Starr) wrote:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Robert Bannister  said:   
   >>   
   >>> On 10/08/13 10:58 AM, William December Starr wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> I'm certainly not expecting some Brilliant Lone Genius(tm) to   
   >>>> discover a loophole in General Relativity ("Einstein was   
   >>>> wrong!"), but "It is known to be impossible" rankles at me.  I   
   >>>> have trouble believing that we know Reality and all of its rules   
   >>>> completely enough to say that.  In fact, I'm not convinced that   
   >>>> it's possible to know that you know everything about it.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am quite certain that I don't know very much about anything, but   
   >>> I do believe the people who work in that field.   
   >>   
   >> Believe them when they say what, precisely?  Is it "FTL and time   
   >> travel are not possible under the rules of the universe as we   
   >> currently know and understand them" or "FTL and time travel are not   
   >> possible under the rules of the universe?"   
   >   
   > You do realize you could give the same arguments about ghosts, the   
   > afterlife, and clairvoyance?   
      
   Careful. Do you realise how many powerful religions you're offending?   
      
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