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'Mass Effect 2 is a rollicking adventure across the stars, but just how solid is the sci in the fi? Dr. Michio Kaku, a "famed futurist, physicist, bestselling author and radio & television personality" (so says his website) recently sat down with GameTrailers to talk about some of the theories behind the science in BioWare's futuristic galaxy and while most of it goes way over my head, he does a pretty good job of making it sound not entirely implausible.
Topics of discussion range from the practicality of personal cloaking devices, which Kaku says may be only a few decades off, to the composition of the universe itself, which is a bit more complicated. Fortunately, the good doctor is quite adept at tailoring his explanations to the non-string theorists in the crowd, although dumbing down concepts that are already highly theoretical does have the result of leaving things just a wee bit on the vague side.' -Escapist
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Even though you may be skeptical of this seemingly out of reach concept, I think we can accomplish it as our technology further develops. I mean, we thought sustained flight was impossible before the Wright Brother's famous invention.
'Hey, it makes sense when he says it. But don't expect any of these advances to arrive in time to do you any good: According to Kaku, the ability to actually roam the stars is still centuries away.' -Escapist
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You can find a working personal cloaking device already made (not very good, not for sale.)
ReplyDeleteWhat is interesting to me is that alot of the things that are coming are things that we never thought of, and the things that the Sci Fi writers think of often never come to be. For instance ...
1. They have developed a printer that prints skin. Eventually they hope it can print organs. I've never heard of that in fiction.
2. Flying cars ... talked about forever ... and still don't have them!
what changes from number 1
ReplyDeletewhen will we be able to cross the galaxie at warp speed?
ReplyDeleteMass Effect is not really meant to be taken as a serious discusion of the posibilities of space travel. There might be parts that could come true, but the bottom line is that it is just a science fiction game. No one that is writting a book, making a movie, or making a game stops to think if the things that are in the science fiction story are going to work with physics. There are a couple that do, but most people just want a good story. It would be cool to be able to travel that fast though!
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