If you could know one mystery, what would it be?

[Husky_mom]

oh boy.. so many thing I´d like to know..

one infinite loop would be

as example: why is a dog called a "dog"?.. some may say.. because God or Adam or someone called them that.. yeah.. but why?.. and there you can have an infinite set of why´s...

another would be how are certain people capable of inventing stuff.. how do they get the idea that putting this and that together will work and do certain thing...

also... why do we have "spare" parts.. I mean we can live without certain organs if need be to get them removed.. so why are they there in the first place if we can work ok without them?

[wombat2u2004]

Who made the heads on Easter Island.

Aliens

[kokopup]

Originally Posted by Karen View Post

The answer to FTL travel - (faster than light)

Alysser

That's another one of mine I tend to have alot of questions but my biggest definitely is the one I posted before.

Warp speed ahead, captain?

If Einstein was right FTL is not possible. I do not believe any physical structure can exceed the speed of light, no matter what Scotty Spock ,or Kirk may say.

In all the Billions of Star Systems out there it would be foolish to think we are alone. All efforts to communicate with anything out there at the speed of
light (radio waves) after 40-50 years of trying still no one is answering. If we ever communicate with anything other than man it will be a creature already on this planet. IMO

[wombat2u2004]

One mystery that I have always wondered about is why peoples nostrils always point down.
And then one day I found the answer.
IF peoples nostrils pointed upwards, then everytime it rained we'd all drown.
So you see ??? There is an answer to all mysteries....we just have to think about it.

[wombat2u2004]

If Einstein was right FTL is not possible. I do not believe any physical structure can exceed the speed of light, no matter what Scotty Spock ,or Kirk may say.

In all the Billions of Star Systems out there it would be foolish to think we are alone. All efforts to communicate with anything out there at the speed of
light (radio waves) after 40-50 years of trying still no one is answering. If we ever communicate with anything other than man it will be a creature already on this planet. IMO

And only a few hundred years ago, man was wishing he could fly.

[wombat2u2004]

My second would be how do men's brain work?? lol

They don't.

[smokey the elder]

(Slightly off track, re FTL): a. Who says Einstein is 100% right? b. There are "work-arounds" that do NOT violate Einstein's theory: one is to actually ALTER the speed of light. We have tons of ways to make it slower (that's why images are distorted looking through water, etc.)

As far as "big" questions, mine are definitely geeky:

1. What is dark energy, and gravity for that matter, really?
2. Will the expanding definition of "life as we know it" allow for a liquid medium other than water?

And a somewhat silly one:

Why do cats make that face where they scrunch up their upper lip?

[kokopup]

Are the writings of Plato regarding Atlantis fact or fiction. If it in fact existed, where was it located ?

[RICHARD]

We have tons of ways to make it slower (that's why images are distorted looking through water, etc.)

Yes, Whiskey, vodka and beer can affect images when seen 'thru' that media.

[dab_20]

Men have brains?

lol! Sometimes I think not...

[Queen of Poop]

I'd like to know why I was chosen and why he did the awful things he did.

[pomtzu]

I'd like to know if there is intelligent life far beyond our galaxy, if they have the ability to watch and evaluate us, and would they be friend or foe.

[Freedom]

Hey really good ones listed!

I always wanted to know who was Deep Throat? (Watergate, for those who weren't alive at the time).

Now that we know, I can die happy!

[Karen]

lol! Sometimes I think not...

Now, now - no picking on the menfolk! I thought it was really cool when I had an MRI and got to see my brain in slices! And remember, without at least one male, whose brain is indeed not only present but quite capable of amazing feats, this bulletin board would not exist!

[Alysser]

I know that currently, people believe FTL is not possible but I can't get myself to believe that. I am currently reading a book called "the science of Star Trek" and while it's written by William Shatner(who's a bit crazy, IMO), he talked to and visited many scientist, PhD's, astro-physicists, etc etc to complete it. ANYWAY, some of the people he asked have come up with possibilities of altering the space around said craft instead of going faster than the speed of light. If you did happen to go faster then the speed of light, say at warp speed just for instance, there are problems with it anyway such as Time Dilation or even possible time travel (which still has no been proven). But Time Dilation would be a big problem for warp speed that they would need to solve, so altering the space around would be an easier way to travel from galaxy to galaxy anyway - you'd obviously have to make a vessel that can accomplish this.

A physicist has actually come up with a theory for fast space travel. Using the 'Theory of General Relativity', which is a theory that shows how to distort space he created(well not created-yet) a ship pulls Space (literally space) closer as you fly through and causes you to go great distances very fast, just like warp speed. AND it eliminates time dilation problems. Then once you went through the space, it re-expands. Of course, there's a problem - you need negative energy which might not even exist. SO, it is a possibility that we can achieve deep-space travel. I will always believe that, because I wanna be apart of such phenomenon. I hope some day a brilliant scientist will come along and do this for us