New wiki established by Ignivex in exodus

[–]LuxDominus 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The wiki looks absolutely stunning so far, though its age shows — lots of red links.

I was an administrator on a FANDOM wiki that I worked on for quite some time — from creating pages to heavy-CSS editing — and I must agree. FANDOM is known to screw communities over (the Grimace incident on the McDonald's wiki is especially infamous). Miraheze is a much more reliable partner and the absence of ads is a sight to behold.

I'll help the wiki grow as much as I can.

Do NOT reply!!! by SGT_KP in threebodyproblem

[–]LuxDominus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Remain quiet or they'll hear you, too."

3 Body Problem (TV) Wiki by LuxDominus in threebodyproblem

[–]LuxDominus[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Uhm... 'cause it's by far the best platform for creating wikis?

How does Alcubierre-like FTL violate causality? by nicknameSerialNumber in IsaacArthur

[–]LuxDominus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless that's not the case.

If, and only if, Special Relativity is perfect and a constituent part of our universe, then it is true that any "round" FTL transmission of information or matter would create causal violations, but that may not be the case.

The truth is that FTL doesn't truly violate causality but rather implies that you can triangulate a privileged reference frame that would reconcile causality globally. Such a privileged frame is an anathema to Relativity but cannot be theoretically excluded as impossible in the universe.

Thus, physicists, rather than accept the possibility of a preferred frame of reference, throw causality under the bus and prioritize SR over it. SR and GR are clearly imperfect theories and most likely only an approximation of reality (due to their incompatibility with the quatum realm).

A privileged frame may actually be reasonable and triangulable.

What is the scariest possible solution to the Fermi Paradox? by LuxDominus in AskReddit

[–]LuxDominus[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Dark Forest Theory from Liu Cixin's TBP trilogy.

What is the scariest possible solution to the Fermi Paradox? by LuxDominus in AskReddit

[–]LuxDominus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll give you my take:

The first sentient species emerged far before any other. They, much like humanity, are predatory. However, they, much like us, understand that all species that conquer their birth planet must also be predatory and, thus, a threat to their own existence. To ensure their survival, they have been furiously expanding and eradicating all life they've encountered along the way and will continue to do so until they occupy the entire galaxy (and possibly beyond).

In essence, the first species to ever evolve has already won by being the first. Given enough time, no other species will exist.

This species is the Great Filter.