Event Horizon…
April 7, 2008I realized today that I may need to start a series of posts entitled “Event Horizon: My Journey into SciFi Geekdom”.
I am saddened. Why? Because I missed out on what was probably one of the cooooolest lectures ever:
Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel by Michio Kaku.
Invisibility. Teleportation. Mind reading. Psychokinesis. Time travel. Star ships. Parallel universes…. Normally, these would be dismissed by scientists as being “impossible.” But so often in the past, what was once considered “impossible” eventually becomes common place. So might they also become possible in a few decades, centuries, or even millennia? Best-selling author Prof. Michio Kaku explores the fascinating physics behind these fantastic phenomena, and then argues, using the most advanced science known, that we can estimate when they might become possible, or can determine which are truly “impossible.”
In an effort to not miss out on such quality programming again, I promptly enrolled in a membership to Seattle’s Sci-Fi Museum, guaranteeing special advance notice of such lectures, free admission, reserved seating, etc. etc. Needless to say, I’ve already got Jeffery Bennett’s lecture Beyond UFOs: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and its Astonishing Implications for Our Future on my calendar for next week.
Sweet Jesus…
I read one of Machio Kaku’s books about time travel. Almost understood it too.
damn, girl! i WISH i had a mind that was tuned into science like that. i’ve just been stalking NKOTB for the last few days.
Whoa…so many things I’ve wondered about. I’ve always wondered about the possibility of teleportation. It could solve a lot of problems. And time travel…and especially parallel universes.
No one recorded this thing?
Yeah, the parallel universes thing is VERY intriguing. I can see it happening, that’s for sure. For more on this idea, or if you’re really into Quantum Physics, read “In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat” by John Gribbin.
As far as the lecture I missed goes, Dr. Kaku recently published a book w/ the same title. I think I’ll pick it up to catch up on what I missed.
And that is all the geeking out I’m going to do for the day…I think.
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