Quote Originally Posted by Shaded View Post
First off Rhabbi, You're absolutely right. But I wasn't refering to scientific absolutes, which are still being challenged to this day. And also, the fact that if one were to absolutely be reversed to the gravitational pull of the earth, i.e. Magnetics or the like, the fall would not happen, perhaps a suspension at that, depending on the breed of physics to which you prefer to prescribe. HOWEVER!


While I'd love to debate scientific fact and absolutes, in the early twentieth century, they also had absolutes that couldn't be broken. Such as the sound barrier, laser technology, and a few others that have since been.. to put it into a pun, absolutely broken. However, while I'd love to quote Fredriech Nietzsche, who spoke of a lack of absolutes, I'd do the man poor justice, and I know it. Speaking of the lack of absolutes is a reference to the metaphysical, rather than the physical itself. Truths are not gravity, unfortunately.
there are scientific and enginnering absolutes that exist in our universe, the speed of light is one of these. Does this mean that we will never surpass the speed of light? Probaly not, unless we learn to access another universe. The simple counter intuitiveness of the light speed limit, and the fact that it has been repeatedly demonstrated and confirmed, leaves this conclusion all but inescapable.

That said, you must remeber that waht some peolpe percieve as scintific limits are not actually that, they are engineering limts. The biggest problem in crossing the sound barrier was in adapting the structure of the vehicle used to the stresses involved.