Harold 'Sonny' White
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Well, I think in order to do – so I'm going to use a different parlance, right? Please do because obviously I don't know what I'm talking about. No, no, no. That's okay. That's okay. Right. So in terms of some of the language that we use in the literature when we talk about something that would, I think, trace to what you mean when you say a gravity drive. We might use the parlance space drive.
Well, I think in order to do – so I'm going to use a different parlance, right? Please do because obviously I don't know what I'm talking about. No, no, no. That's okay. That's okay. Right. So in terms of some of the language that we use in the literature when we talk about something that would, I think, trace to what you mean when you say a gravity drive. We might use the parlance space drive.
And so conceptually, it would be a form of propulsion that instead of using some form of onboard propellant in a tank, it's found some way to couple to some external field, whatever it might be, and can generate some kind of a propulsive force. And so in my mind, in order for us to ever be able to go down a path where we're trying to create
And so conceptually, it would be a form of propulsion that instead of using some form of onboard propellant in a tank, it's found some way to couple to some external field, whatever it might be, and can generate some kind of a propulsive force. And so in my mind, in order for us to ever be able to go down a path where we're trying to create
And so conceptually, it would be a form of propulsion that instead of using some form of onboard propellant in a tank, it's found some way to couple to some external field, whatever it might be, and can generate some kind of a propulsive force. And so in my mind, in order for us to ever be able to go down a path where we're trying to create
something like that, that might look like that or smell like that or what have you, we need to have a deeper understanding of gravity, right? And so, you know, we just talked about E equals MC squared, and so I'm going to back up just a minute.
something like that, that might look like that or smell like that or what have you, we need to have a deeper understanding of gravity, right? And so, you know, we just talked about E equals MC squared, and so I'm going to back up just a minute.
something like that, that might look like that or smell like that or what have you, we need to have a deeper understanding of gravity, right? And so, you know, we just talked about E equals MC squared, and so I'm going to back up just a minute.
If you think about everything we know today in physics as a Venn diagram, there are two circles on this Venn diagram, and they touch at a little tangent point. One of those circles is quantum mechanics that helps us understand how atoms behave, how light moves. And in the other circle, we have the words general relativity.
If you think about everything we know today in physics as a Venn diagram, there are two circles on this Venn diagram, and they touch at a little tangent point. One of those circles is quantum mechanics that helps us understand how atoms behave, how light moves. And in the other circle, we have the words general relativity.
If you think about everything we know today in physics as a Venn diagram, there are two circles on this Venn diagram, and they touch at a little tangent point. One of those circles is quantum mechanics that helps us understand how atoms behave, how light moves. And in the other circle, we have the words general relativity.
And so that helps us understand how the cosmos evolves, how stars move and galaxies move. And so those two circles touch at a single tangent point. They don't overlap. So what that says is gravity – we don't know how to connect gravity to quantum mechanics. We don't understand that. But in terms of all of our daily life, just that level of physics helps us every single day, right?
And so that helps us understand how the cosmos evolves, how stars move and galaxies move. And so those two circles touch at a single tangent point. They don't overlap. So what that says is gravity – we don't know how to connect gravity to quantum mechanics. We don't understand that. But in terms of all of our daily life, just that level of physics helps us every single day, right?
And so that helps us understand how the cosmos evolves, how stars move and galaxies move. And so those two circles touch at a single tangent point. They don't overlap. So what that says is gravity – we don't know how to connect gravity to quantum mechanics. We don't understand that. But in terms of all of our daily life, just that level of physics helps us every single day, right?
This cell phone is only possible because of quantum mechanics and GPS is only as accurate as it is because we use – general relativity to correct the atomic clocks on the GPS satellites.
This cell phone is only possible because of quantum mechanics and GPS is only as accurate as it is because we use – general relativity to correct the atomic clocks on the GPS satellites.
This cell phone is only possible because of quantum mechanics and GPS is only as accurate as it is because we use – general relativity to correct the atomic clocks on the GPS satellites.
Until we develop a better understanding of how gravity might connect to quantum mechanics or alternately how quantum mechanics might connect to gravity, I don't know that we'll be able to make meaningful progress, right? And so we need more circles on the Venn diagram. Just those two aren't enough. There are a number of people that would speculate that – You know, quantum mechanics is incomplete.
Until we develop a better understanding of how gravity might connect to quantum mechanics or alternately how quantum mechanics might connect to gravity, I don't know that we'll be able to make meaningful progress, right? And so we need more circles on the Venn diagram. Just those two aren't enough. There are a number of people that would speculate that – You know, quantum mechanics is incomplete.
Until we develop a better understanding of how gravity might connect to quantum mechanics or alternately how quantum mechanics might connect to gravity, I don't know that we'll be able to make meaningful progress, right? And so we need more circles on the Venn diagram. Just those two aren't enough. There are a number of people that would speculate that – You know, quantum mechanics is incomplete.