[CT] A question for the sci-fi fans on the list...

[Daniel Moran]

At 10:19 AM 1/30/2002 -0800, Robert Hansen wrote:

> > I really don't believe FTL travel is possible -- it seems pretty clear
>
>Still, it surprises
>me that everyone who says "FTL isn't possible because I don't believe time
>travel is possible" overlook the mathematical possibility of imaginary time,
>which is a concept just *screaming* for a science fiction treatment.  :)


Well, I don't use the word "believe" by accident in this context. I'm not 
competent to have an opinion. (Mind you, I read a really great explanation 
of why ftl=time travel, some time ago now, which left me thinking that I 
actually understood the reasoning behind it. People who can explain science 
in English that clear are probably dangerous in other ways as well.)

I've never heard of "imaginary time" -- can you point me at a reference?
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