Re: Fermi's Paradox and FTL drives

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:26:07 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>I was asking how to relate the most plausible FTL drives, for 
>those who believe they are plausible, to the Fermi "paradox", 
>People keep dragging in loony-tune Star Trek stuff, which I 
>am assuming no one actually thinks is plausible. What 
>difference does it make that when Captain Kirk is standing on 
>the Enterprise, he's in normal space and time, but just going 
>much faster than light? How could that possibly matter to the 
>question of why we have no aliens hanging around? It's like 
>asking if the subprime lending crisis could be addressed 
>using the help of Gringotts Bank.

Hmmm...two or three more Harry Potter books, with all their profits going 
to buy out the banks...nah, wouldn't quite be enough. But maybe if you 
kick in the movie revenues...
-- 
chuk