Elizabeth Helen Drake wrote:HShort, Hi! stll laughing over the Rex ..... " I think someone hasn't thought this thing through!" .....
I rather enjoy the Rex and EHD stories but doubt very much that in real life I'd have the guts to sit in a FTM with him, especially after what happened to Paul... You are a brave soul.. even if you do have monkey toes...Elizabeth Helen Drake wrote:So in other words .... you think that the Rex just might exist out there somewhere but doubt that you are going to have to come face to face with him? Hey, that would work for me too.
Perhaps not so much. It is interesting to note that in many of the writings, such as Crooke's, about the aether there comes a point when it takes on very religious over tones. When I was first trying to wrap my head around the basic aether concept I made the comment half in jest that the only way I could get a handle on it was to think of it like the interface with the mind of God. A sort of cosmic 3D ultra fine plasma tube if you will. Turns out I wasn't so far off from what others long before me thought. The luminous aether in one sense can be considered the abode of the Radiant Beings. Makes absolute sense when you consider that 99.99% of all material in the universe we can detect is plasma... The amount of matter in solid form such as the ball of dirt and rock and water we live on is so insignificant as to be almost beyond consideration.Elizabeth Helen Drake wrote:I would agree with you that its hard to write FTM and maintain a straight face. But from what I have gathered at least there is a big honking difference between a simple " ships propulsion system " and the FTM. For obvious reasons.
What I am getting at, is that if this is in anyway true, then our lives and experiences are in one sense simply virtual. And if so, then of course there will be the equivalent to a replay button which means that if the powers-that-be give you access to that control then 'time' travel is. The means for connecting with the aether technologically might be similar whether you are looking at a spatial drive propulsion system or accessing the replay button.
But of course the Buddhist have been saying similar things for a long time, and they don't advocate building FTMs, just on getting a handle on yourself; and since we are of the universe it makes perfect sense.
My comments that I don't really believe in time travel have to do with being an unenlightened soul in a state of disgrace. So, about the only way I can attempt to understand this stuff is via technology, and there is no way I can imagine time travel from that perspective.