03-02-2017, 07:44 PM
Only now, after some thinking, I realized something about your insistence that space travel is impossible.
But, please let me digress first, and state my position on the subject:
there is no such thing as "empty space" nor "darkness" (in the physical sense).
Light is ubiquitous, it's our senses that are limiting us from perceiving it.
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Now, I don’t know are you familiar with Sergei Lukyanenko writings, especially his "Watches" hexalogy.
Great stuff.
It is sold as SF; but, dig deeper and it is philosophical treatise on Humanity (and Magic).
Anyway, in the 3rd book "Twilight Watch" there is young vampire (extremely powerful)
who wants to end fight between Light and Dark by turning all of humanity into magicians.
His plan is to open portal to space station and use most powerful spell book on the whole planet.
He manages to go near the station, but he can't cast anything, there is no magic up there.
Magic and all of us with/within it are tied to Earth.
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After reading this I felt that there is some deep truth about it.
I think that is what you are sensing.
I may be wrong, though; just my 2¢ ...
But, please let me digress first, and state my position on the subject:
there is no such thing as "empty space" nor "darkness" (in the physical sense).
Light is ubiquitous, it's our senses that are limiting us from perceiving it.
---
Now, I don’t know are you familiar with Sergei Lukyanenko writings, especially his "Watches" hexalogy.
Great stuff.
It is sold as SF; but, dig deeper and it is philosophical treatise on Humanity (and Magic).
Anyway, in the 3rd book "Twilight Watch" there is young vampire (extremely powerful)
who wants to end fight between Light and Dark by turning all of humanity into magicians.
His plan is to open portal to space station and use most powerful spell book on the whole planet.
He manages to go near the station, but he can't cast anything, there is no magic up there.
Magic and all of us with/within it are tied to Earth.
---
After reading this I felt that there is some deep truth about it.
I think that is what you are sensing.
I may be wrong, though; just my 2¢ ...
