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Alex Petrosyan
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Hey, This is more of a discussion rather than a question.
A lot of movies (e.g. interstellar, Event Horizon), have a go at trying to explain how the Warp/Alcubierre drive could work, and usually, the argument goes like this:
They take a point A and a point B, connect them with a line on the sheet of paper, and say " that's going from A to B conventionally". Then they fold the paper in two, make the two points right on top of each other, punch a hole, and say "That's how a wormhole works".
My problem is, that's not how any of this works! Folding a sheet of paper and punching a hole through it requires an extra spatial dimension, and implies you can fold the ENTIRE universe in that fashion. The Alcubierre drive as well as the wormholes work completely differently: a wormhole works in 4D space-time, by changing said space-time's intrinsic curvature. Am I incorrect, or is it really an oversimplification?
A lot of movies (e.g. interstellar, Event Horizon), have a go at trying to explain how the Warp/Alcubierre drive could work, and usually, the argument goes like this:
They take a point A and a point B, connect them with a line on the sheet of paper, and say " that's going from A to B conventionally". Then they fold the paper in two, make the two points right on top of each other, punch a hole, and say "That's how a wormhole works".
My problem is, that's not how any of this works! Folding a sheet of paper and punching a hole through it requires an extra spatial dimension, and implies you can fold the ENTIRE universe in that fashion. The Alcubierre drive as well as the wormholes work completely differently: a wormhole works in 4D space-time, by changing said space-time's intrinsic curvature. Am I incorrect, or is it really an oversimplification?