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If you're interested, maybe start by reading the book "Abduction" by John Mack. It was written in the 90's. He was a Harvard professor and conducted hypnotic regression sessions with people who thought they may have been abducted. Many, like you, didn't believe it either at first, but ended up recovering a ton of memories. Sadly, he died in a car crash. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030AF5D4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_EV1H51P69ZMQVPGBF8JE
No, you do not, but I will tell you anyway:
J-Rod: A class of EBE from the Zeta Reticulum area. The J-Rod associated with Dr Burisch was housed in a pressurized hydrogen "Clean Sphere" at Level 5 of S4. He had a degenerative neurological condition. The J-Rod is similar in appearance to that of the "grey" aliens recovered from Roswell.
P+52k-yr J-Rods (here after called 52's) note…. they are from Gliese 876, halfway between Earth and Zeta Reticulum.
P+45k-yr. J-Rods (hereafter called 45's) note…. they are from Reticulum and don't suffer the disease as do the 52's.*
Harvard psychologist John Mack details his study of more than 100 people who claimed to be abducted. You could just google him if you don't want to buy the book, lots has been written about his work.
The concept you are circling is called a "frame of reference." Things feel normal within your frame of reference. No matter what the rate of time passage, a person will always feel time passing "normally." So a person on Miller's planet will feel time passing normally, even though time passes at a much slower rate than on Earth. A clock brought to Miller's planet will appear to function normally for people on that planet, but to a distant observer (someone with a sci-fi level telescope for example), would see the clock moving incredibly slowly.
If you want to deep dive into the physics, I highly recommend The Science of Interstellar, by Kip Thorne. He's the world renowned theoretical physicist that dreamt up this movie and then consulted on the script, resulting in multiple scientific papers being published. He's also a very nice guy and responded to an email I sent him. :) https://www.amazon.com/Science-Interstellar-Kip-Thorne-ebook-dp-B00NUB4EVC/dp/B00NUB4EVC/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1608419979
>"How something can come from nothing?"
It's human nature to want to have some purpose to our lives. I get that. But it's not necessary at all -- or as I like to say "we make our own purpose". Science tells us that everything does NOT have to come from something (Krauss). I think it's all up to us, and I'm happy with that.
His book on the subject is also a must-have. A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Krauss
I have a probably really stupid theory that a lot of technology in research labs across western nations are kept under wraps. Mostly because there are too many books and some random researchers talking of such things that it makes me wonder.
Books like these, which sound like BS but if you actually read them, makes you wonder... https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Antigravity-Propulsion-Classified-Technology-ebook/dp/B003N3U3GW
I wonder if there can be a possibility of pulling out some energy tech from black projects (there were many, especially in the US). But only after millions upon millions are gotten rid of over time.
On the other hand there is a much simpler explanation ofc. no such possibilities exist and the world elites are just trying to prepare to the Max.
The world is in the midst of a titanic realignment the likes of which were last seen after the invention of the printing press. The printing press got everything a little bit unstuck, so information and ideology could flow faster and more freely than the establishment was able to react to. This led to the Protestant Reformation, which entailed a lot of senseless violence including the Thirty Years War. The only way out of the mess was the settlement of the New World and the founding of America.
Over the past few centuries, the new establishment figured out a few good ideas (e.g. realizing it's a terrible idea to slaughter each other over our religious differences) and got itself settled into place, with the ability to control an information landscape that operated at the speed of the printing press and even the telegram. But in the process, it got corrupt and, even worse, complacent, and there's no way it can keep up with the internet. Although we have managed to kill God as the central figure in our philosophical understanding of the world, we haven't destroyed the religious impulse inherent to the human spirit, and since the twentieth century we have transferred this religious feeling onto political ideology. And just like in the Protestant Reformation, the old ideologies aren't working for everyone anymore. This has already led to unrest and I would be surprised if it didn't ultimately lead to war within the next century, but that's not the only parallel. Humanity is on the cusp of unlocking the ability to settle (or potentially construct) new worlds. It's going to be an interesting next couple of centuries, and we might see some generations of young men who are born into the war that they will die fighting, but all the while people will be building the future of humanity.
For an in-depth answer, try:
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss. The "first mover" argument is rife with logical holes.
You don't mention anyone by name. I will: Lawrence Krauss, a cosmologist, who maintains that a state of nothing could no exist. Here's a book he wrote which would probably supply you with some real concrete information on this subject: https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather-ebook/dp/B004T4KQJS/ref=sr_1_4?crid=378L10MJK0M36&dchild=1&keywords=lawrence+krauss+books&qid=1633209741&sprefix=lawrence+k%2Caps%2C178&sr=8-4
There is an entire book dedicated to the real science in movie. It contains one of the best portrayals of General Relativity and black holes I've ever seen in a movie. They have people living on O'Neill cylinders instead of inventing some sort of gravity generator.
The biggest complaint I've seen is the whole "love transcends space and time" aspect of the movie. What is unscientific about humans having unscientific thoughts and emotions?
Your memories are similar to those of a number of others identified as alien abductees. John Mack is a Harvard psychologist who has studied mant such experiences, and has written this book about it. I don't know if he is still investigating, but you might be interested in comparing your experiences to those reported in the book.
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One of the books I referenced covers the topic in considerable detail -
Quantum Fluctuation happens with or without a vacuum; the point of the observation within a vacuum was that there was nothing there... then there was... Outside of a vacuum a random particle appearing would probably not even be noticed.
Lawrence Krauss - A Universe from Nothing
Hawking also talks about it in "A Briefer History of Time" (which is an updated release of his previous book "A Brief History of Time".)
Old but good: The High Frontier, with the studies for orbital colonies from the 70s.
There's also the recent "update" The High Frontier: An Easier Way.
For a look at some of the many other things NASA and other scientists have had to worry about besides the rocket hardware, see Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach.
That's why I mentioned a mass driver. Crews and cargo delivered to the Moon would use spacecraft built for the purpose, with manned return using the same vehicles. Materials for construction or fuel would be launched with the mass driver and collected in lunar orbit.
Look into O'Neill's The High Frontier. I think you'll be interested.
You're thinking far too small. We don't need to leave the solar system to find other environments to live - we can easily (relatively speaking) create such places here in the solar system, almost anywhere we choose. If your conception is that we have to live on a planetary body, jettison it, and you'll find a lot more options open up. Within current engineering ability, we can build large, earthlike habitats that offer 1G.
It's not about saving a few thousand people, or about the very richest of humanity escaping. It's about using the resources of space in a big way to both enrich those on Earth, by providing lots of clean energy from space, and seeing millions of people living and working offworld. We have the ability to do it, and if we use it wisely, it will help us clean up Earth faster than expecting all our solutions to come from what we have on Earth itself.
For a more hopeful view of the future than what you see, I seriously recommend reading both of these books: The High Frontier and 2081. I think you'll find that there's a lot more to recommend to space travel and use than what the public has been exposed to through decades of government dominance.
May I suggest reading Krauss' A Universe From Nothing
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>Good morning, Reddit! > >This is Burt Rutan here to answer your questions. While I am best known for just those two projects, I am known in aviation circles for an unprecedented list of 45 other research aircraft developed by the two companies I founded and ran over a 43-year career. > >My first company, Rutan Aircraft Factory, also developed 14 other research aircraft and marketed plans for five of them so individuals could build their own personal airplanes. Or, you may, know me because my small team at my second company, Scaled Composites in the Mojave Desert covertly developed an entire Manned Space Program, and flew three of the world’s five manned space flights in 2004. You can read about me at burtrutan.com, or in a new book, How to Make a Spaceship, by Julian Guthrie. "Black Sky”, an award-winning 2004 documentary by Discovery TV described our private, non-Government space program. > >I will be back at 3 pm ET to answer your questions, Ask Me Anything!
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>This is Burt Rutan here to answer your questions. While I am best known for just those two projects, I am known in aviation circles for an unprecedented list of 45 other research aircraft developed by the two companies I founded and ran over a 43-year career.
>My first company, Rutan Aircraft Factory, also developed 14 other research aircraft and marketed plans for five of them so individuals could build their own personal airplanes. Or, you may, know me because my small team at my second company, Scaled Composites in the Mojave Desert covertly developed an entire Manned Space Program, and flew three of the world’s five manned space flights in 2004. You can read about me at burtrutan.com, or in a new book, How to Make a Spaceship, by Julian Guthrie. "Black Sky”, an award-winning 2004 documentary by Discovery TV described our private, non-Government space program.
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You might find this book interesting, it answers your question (among many things) with multiple scenarios of different asteroid size and the impact effect it might have on Earth.
Book is called Death from the Skies!: The Science Behind the End of the World by Philip Plait Ph.D.
If you like this, read his book - Death from the Skies, its absolutely fascinating and covers all the stuff the universe can throw at us and wipe us out. Its not all depressing though and is handled with humour and wit, and rock solid science. I found the description of how a supernova takes place particularly interesting.
If you like this, read his book - Death from the Skies, its absolutely fascinating and covers all the stuff the universe can throw at us and wipe us out. Its not all depressing though and is handled with humour and wit, and rock solid science. I found the description of how a supernova takes place particularly interesting.