Warp Drives: New Simulations

Hyperjumps, wormholes, and warp drives sound like science fiction, but they’re actually based on real science! Though I believe out of the three, warp drives are the most plausible. The math seems to agree. Today I want to tell you about a new way of analysing and visualizing warp drives.

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[curtisblake]

"For all we know it doesn't exist" is a breath of fresh air compared to all the popular physics hype out there.

[arctic_haze]

The dose of realism Sabine adds to her videos is something YT science related channels usually lack.

[NexusofThought]

The number of solutions to General Relativity seems to be directly proportional to the number of science fiction plots.

[TheTwober]

I accidentally built a warp drive into my couch. Whenever I lay down fully on it, I immediately warp forward 1h in time.

[racookster]

When Sabine said achieving warp drive would take a thousand years, Einstein spoke up in my head. "There is not the slightest indication that (nuclear) energy will ever be obtainable, " he said. "It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." Six years later, Otto Hahn did it.

[Mark-efpi]

I mostly ignore topics like cold fusion or warp drives, but when it's Sabine....

[therizinosaurus]

I once had a physics teacher tell me "no matter can go faster than the speed of light, but space can do what ever the hell it wants."

[carlbrenninkmeijer]

Some people developed a warp drive. But I cannot find them anymore.

[barrystockdoesnotexist]

Uncle Roger volunteers Jamie Oliver to test the first warp drive spaceship.

[DuskTheViking]

This is one of the best explanations of warp drives Ive seen.

[ShougoAmakusa]

I like that you present the information genuinely. Yes it would be all exciting but instead of just hypeing things up for the algorithm, you let people know warp drive isn't feasible yet.

[Thomas-gk]

Wonderful, refreshing presentation of physics. I had to lol about the caterpillar, that already invented the warp drive. About curving spacetime, doesn´t that require extremly strong gravitational fields, like, erm, around tiny BHs?

[DragonKingGaav]

I love how Isaac Arthur released a video today on Stargates!!!

[MarkRose]

We're only 39 years away from Zefram Cochrane's flight

[radiotec]

Nice nod to Miguel Alcubierre at 2:53 in for warp drive.

[EviLPlayeR]

I love to understand science, but it takes time to understand, and time is an asset that most people don’t have these days. I still learn as much as I can everyday and you’re facilitating that, thanks!

[Michael-G-]

A possible solution to the negative mass problem would be the Casimir Effect. Basically, it’s a negative energy pressure caused by the quantum vacuum between two plates. However it’s important that this is a relative to the overall quantum background energy so if it’s removed, it’s not a negative. It remains to be seen if this is a viable solution.

There are several other problems with a potential warp drive such as the energy requirement, possible causality violations, the horizon problem where the inside would be flooded with hawking radiation, and anything that gets stuck in front of the bubble while at warp, will immediately convert to energy once you drop out of warp, the energy jump can be so large, it can destroy whole planets. There is a really good video about the Alcubbiere/Warp Drive on the Cool Worlds yt channel if anyone wants to know more.

Ive spent a lot of time researching this topic over the years, and I’m optimistic. Maybe we won’t achieve warp this century, but I can see it in a few hundred years.

[LMacNeill]

5:19 -- "So if you feel like you're destined to be the first to build a warp drive, you might want to check out this paper."

**Zefram Cochrane enters the chat**

[TOracle]

"Most plausible" is still incredibly generous. It seems that all of these warp drive concepts still have issues with requiring obscene amounts of energy or have inconvenient side effects like vaporizing everything inside the warp bubble with "absolute hot" temperatures.

[GadZookz]

It must work because nobody ever finds the worms, just the little holes in furniture. Those worms are gone! 🤔