Could gravity be the key to teleportation and understanding black holes?

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The discussion revolves around the concept of using gravity as a means of teleportation and its potential implications for understanding black holes. Participants explore theoretical ideas and challenge existing notions about gravity, teleportation, and the nature of forces in physics.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that if teleportation were possible through gravity, it would differ from light-based teleportation due to light's travel time, proposing that gravity acts instantaneously.
  • Another participant challenges the idea of gravity being instantaneous, stating that it propagates at the speed of light.
  • A participant humorously questions the feasibility of turning people into photons or gravitons for teleportation, while expressing skepticism about the possibility of teleportation under the constraints of special relativity.
  • Concerns are raised about the credibility of a physician discussing physics, with a preference for trusting those with a background in the subject.
  • There is a suggestion that if teleportation were to be achieved, it might involve "photocopying" a person at the atomic level, though this is presented as speculative and unlikely.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express disagreement on the nature of gravity and its implications for teleportation. Some propose unconventional ideas, while others challenge these notions based on established physics, indicating that the discussion remains unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference concepts from special relativity and the nature of forces, but there are unresolved assumptions about the feasibility of teleportation and the implications of gravity as a force.

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if we figured out how to use light to teleport, that wouldn't be teleporting because light takes time to travel. do you think if there was a way to use gravity, that we could somehow teleport? because gravity is an instantanious force. it acts immediately, whereas light takes time to get from source to destination. I read this article by this physician and she was talking about how they think gravity could be another dimension we haven't even began to comprehend yet. for every force there's an equal and opposite one right? what's the opposite of gravitational pull? we could learn to jump from one planet to another, and maybe figure out more about black holes because that's pretty much all about gravity. does anybody else here think outside the box instead of repeating what they hear? Einstein and Galileo's theories were all shot down at first. I just think people should think beyond these "verified theories". If this is the wrong forum section, sorry, but could you at least please direct me where people will actually listen and think about new things instead of shooting everything down they haven't heard of or even thought about before?
 
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instead of freakin out and locking this thread, could at least explain why you don't think we could use gravity?
 
Gravity is not an instantaneous force. It propagates at the same speed as light.
 
are you proposing we turn people into photons and gravitons, send them off to wherever, and then change them back into people? in anycase... like phlog said gravity isn't instantaneous, in fact you can't send information between two point instantaneously according to special relativity... I am afraid that of all the sci fi mumbo jumbo, time travel... invisibility... we are probably farthest from teleportation... if special relativity remains true than the laws of physics prohibit it all together, but perhaps if we can "photocopy" a person, copy every atom and its quantum states, and then kill the original... maybe that'll work... but I prefer throwing smoke bombs and running away
 
And I might point out that a physician has no business offering 'professional' comments about physics. I'm sure that she'd be reputable in her field, but I'd rather trust my own doctor than someone who espouses psychoceramics without any background in the subject.
 

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