Rationalizing a Firefly - Serenity type setting

[Hans Rancke-Madsen]

Originally Posted by combatmedic

FTL= poor science education

It's not possible, Flyn.

Why can you accept it, but not a miracle star system?

In my case it would be because I can't internalize the 'FTL = causality violation' bit. I'll take Einstein's word for it (since it has been vouched by so many other scientists). I've even had it explained to me and understood it (although I forgot (mentally rejected?) the explanation again fairly quickly). But I just can't accept, emontionally, that I can't move at any speed I like, spend some time wherever I went, fly back again, and some reasonable time has now elapsed. It just doesn't make sense. Emotional sense, that is.

So FTL travel may be impossible, but it ought not to be, while miracle systems are just silly.


Hans