I got a rather unusual email/comment a few days ago. It was in response to a previous post of mine about faster than light space travel. At first I thought it was some strange spam, but in reality it’s from a scientist who is the author of a paper on FTL travel, M. Mansouryar. Here is what he wrote:
Hello,
Probably my releasd paper about the schematic design of a practical spacewarp can be considered as one of your favorites. That’s placed on: http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0511086
The aim of this email to you is providing the possibility of introducing it to more numbers of people which I believe that’s in favor of improving the science and a service to the mankind. However, your personal opinion on my work is important to me too. I guess you might be able and/or interested to help me at least via making a link of the above address within your page(s) or presenting it to more media. So, please give a clear answer to my request.Best Regards
M. Mansouryar
http://www.mansouryar.comP.S.: A simplified description of my work is viewable on:
http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=561
http://www.americanantigravity.com/articles/455/1/Iranian-Einstein%3F
http://extremetechnology.blogspot.com/2006/03/macroscopic-tranversable-spacewarp.html
I skimmed the actual article and summaries, and it’s fascinating stuff. The article is very technical and I don’t know a whole lot about theoretical physics, but he certainly seems to know what he’s doing (though it’s clear that English is not his first language). The only way that technology is going to advance is if people like Mansouryar challenge conventional assumptions about physics. Thus, I am happy to promote the article and encourage people to check it out.
Maybe one day we’ll be Star Trekking all over the universe thanks to Mr. Mansouryar.
Phronk.com 
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I read an interesting book about stuff like this and advances in astronomy but when it got to string theory I started to fade out.aside: Never ask your physics professor for his astrology notes (he was so unimpressed)
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I read an interesting book about stuff like this and advances in astronomy but when it got to string theory I started to fade out.aside: Never ask your physics professor for his astrology notes (he was so unimpressed)
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Cool. I’m reading Brian (Bryan?) Greene’s “The Elegant Universe” right now. It’s mostly about string theory, but starts with a nice overview of what we know about the universe so far. I like it so far.Heheh…astronomy, astrology..same thing, they’re both about looking at stars.
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Cool. I’m reading Brian (Bryan?) Greene’s “The Elegant Universe” right now. It’s mostly about string theory, but starts with a nice overview of what we know about the universe so far. I like it so far.Heheh…astronomy, astrology..same thing, they’re both about looking at stars.
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Star Trek continues to influence technology.
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Star Trek continues to influence technology.
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Are there any pictures of boobs in that shit?
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Are there any pictures of boobs in that shit?
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Thank Butchie but you are tagged for the dirty meme on my blog
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Thank Butchie but you are tagged for the dirty meme on my blog
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Here’s one to wrap your head around:http://www.physorg.com/news63371210.html
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Here’s one to wrap your head around:http://www.physorg.com/news63371210.html
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Cool, thanks Captain. Very interesting. I’m a little frightened that we are close to pulling off things like time travel, but we still don’t have a grasp on the philosophical and practical consequences. Like, the guy in that link thinks it’s safe because he believes in a multiple universe model. OK…but a lot of physicists DON’T believe that model, so it’s very possible he’s wrong. What becomes of the Grandfather paradox then?Butchie, I think I saw boobs somewhere in there, but it may have been a hallucination brought on by thinking too hard. Happens all the time.
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Cool, thanks Captain. Very interesting. I’m a little frightened that we are close to pulling off things like time travel, but we still don’t have a grasp on the philosophical and practical consequences. Like, the guy in that link thinks it’s safe because he believes in a multiple universe model. OK…but a lot of physicists DON’T believe that model, so it’s very possible he’s wrong. What becomes of the Grandfather paradox then?Butchie, I think I saw boobs somewhere in there, but it may have been a hallucination brought on by thinking too hard. Happens all the time.
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George Bush does not care about reading books.
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George Bush does not care about reading books.
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I didn’t believe that anything could move that fast until I saw Jimmy manoevre towards the buffet < HREF="http://www.mandarinbuffet.com/" REL="nofollow">here<>.
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I didn’t believe that anything could move that fast until I saw Jimmy manoevre towards the buffet here.
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Mmmm, Mandarin.Anyone heard of Fu Lam City? It was kinda like Mandarin, except they served cats. Or at least that was the rumour going around, and probably the reason they went out of business (whether it was true or not). It was also known as “Fu Lam Kitty”.
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Mmmm, Mandarin.Anyone heard of Fu Lam City? It was kinda like Mandarin, except they served cats. Or at least that was the rumour going around, and probably the reason they went out of business (whether it was true or not). It was also known as “Fu Lam Kitty”.
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