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If all parts of the universe follow different physical laws, perhaps interstellar travel is no longer a dream

Exploration of the laws of the universe

By Zeev Lo VaPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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If all parts of the universe follow different physical laws, perhaps interstellar travel is no longer a dream
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Throughout history, since the beginning of mankind, there has been a curiosity to explore the laws of the universe. Whether it is primitive people sitting in caves looking up at the stars, or now people use a variety of advanced means to explore the universe, and even want to understand the truth of the origin of the universe and so on, in fact, only one purpose, we are curious about the universe, but also full of desire.

Take the origin of the universe, now generally recognized as a hypothesis as the "Big Bang" theory. According to the "Big Bang" theory, our universe began with a singularity, which exploded under some extreme circumstances, accompanied by the release of energy, producing matter, which then formed our universe today.

The reason why scientists came up with this hypothesis, and the reason why this hypothesis is recognized by the mainstream academic community, is that scientists through observation and precise calculations that our universe is expanding, and the mysterious force supporting the expansion of the universe is the unknown "dark energy". This so-called "dark energy" is even beyond the attraction between the galaxies or stars, the stars, and even galaxies will be dragged further and further away from each other.

As the expansion of our universe continues to accelerate, scientists are even pessimistic that one day our observable universe will be barren. If humans still exist at that time and still live on Earth, then it may be that the human solar system is the entire universe. For them, the present star-studded night sky will be so empty that nothing beyond our solar system can be observed, even with the highest magnification of observation equipment.

This is indeed a desperate projection, but thankfully, scientists have discovered that somewhere in our universe, the state is not expanding as we presumed. In other words, even though there is a battle between gravity and dark energy, the entire universe may not end up being barren because the distribution of the two energies in the universe is not balanced. Or perhaps the laws of the universe are far from all that mankind now perceives. Perhaps in the region that is not expanding, there is a set of laws that support its operation that we do not know.

Such a perverse phenomenon is perhaps the most common truth about our universe. It is only because human knowledge of the universe is so superficial that this has a surprise and misunderstanding.

If our universe follows laws far beyond human imagination, then I am afraid that even if we find some anomalies, it is not a big surprise. If we open a brain, could it be that there are different laws of physics in different regions of the universe? For example, all the fundamental constants in physics are not uniformly constant at all. And even the needle level of relativity these are all subverted.

If the speed of light is not the fastest in a certain region of the universe, is it possible to use this law to plan the route of interstellar travel to achieve FTL flight? If this possibility were to become a reality, it would mean that all the basic laws of physics at our current level of knowledge are wrong, or at least only applicable to this region of the universe where we live, and not universally applicable.

Based on this assumption, then our universe is very diverse. Of course, this makes our exploration more difficult, because you do not know where in the universe a ship or probe will exceed the speed of light, or even suddenly disappear. After all, it is too fast, or slow down to almost freezing.

Of course, this also adds a lot of interest. If one day we can solve all the mysteries of the universe and use them, it must be a super interesting system. When you want to make a splash in the universe, you need to program the same, the different laws of physics governed by the universe module for organic combination, think about it is very interesting.

Of course, this is just a little brainstorming, we are entitled to take it as entertainment is also.

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Zeev Lo Va

Who to idle away one's time, youth will fade, life will abandon them。

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