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Here are some things that were, at some point, long considered to be physically impossible:

-Deep sea exploration

-DNA sequencing and cloning

-Flight

-Long-range electric power

-Microbes

-Organ transplants

-Solar panels

I understand the enormity of the proposition of things such as FTL travel. But just saying "it doesn't have a fit within our current framework of understanding, so it's impossible and a moot point" seems a little...conceited, given all the historical precedents of exactly the opposite becoming true, eventually, given enough public interest.



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