the universe: Okay, you're a human. I gave you free will and a conscious mind, so you're free to do whatever you want. So what do you wanna do?
human: GO FAST
the universe: Well, you're a perfect pursuit predator but if that's the way you want to evolve, go ahead.
human, climbing on a horse: GO FAST
the universe: Wait what?
human, inventing the carriage, the car and the bullet train: GO FASTER
the universe: I IMPLORE YOU TO STOP
human, trying to figure out lightspeed travel: FAS T ER
human:
THEORETICALLY MAXIMUM FAST
the universe:
How will the people in the ship not get gibbed?
Because the warp drive doesn't actually accelerate the ship, it just makes the space in front of it smaller and the space behind it larger. Or something.
it works like this
Objects cannot accelerate to the speed of light within normal spacetime; instead, the Alcubierre drive shifts space around an object so that the object would arrive at its destination faster than light would in normal space without breaking any physical laws.
I love how mankind's solution to FTL is just to bend to rules of reality a little.
the universe: ok human, with the physical laws as they are you can't go faster than the speed of light.
human: ok, let me just figure out how to manipulate space time so I can go FASTER!
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