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[x2yzh9]

Couldn't you hypothetically build a working warp-drive if you harnessed the ability to project these particles in a given space, removing mass and thus instantly teleporting you I guess?

[Descan]

Context...?

[ChairmanPoo]

Couldn't you hypothetically build a working warp-drive if you harnessed the ability to project these particles in a given space, removing mass and thus instantly teleporting you I guess?

[Urist Arrhenius]

Couldn't you hypothetically build a working warp-drive if you harnessed the ability to project these particles in a given space, removing mass and thus instantly teleporting you I guess?

These are all words, but they don't mean much together. I'm particularly interested in "the ability to project these particles in a given space." What particles, what ability, and what do you mean given space?

[i2amroy]

Couldn't you hypothetically build a working warp-drive if you harnessed the ability to project these particles in a given space, removing mass and thus instantly teleporting you I guess?

This right here. So much this.

[Angle]

I think he might mean the Higgs boson?

*Shrugs*

[Putnam]

The higgs boson is pretty massive, not... uh, whatever "removing mass" is supposed to mean.

[wierd]

A better question would be if you could artificially increase higgs field interactions by putting a high energy particle collider on the front of a spaceship, so that high energy higgs particles co-exist with normal virtual higgs particles, and thus slightly alter the gravitational forces on the front of the ship, vs the aft of the ship.

The particles dont have to live for very long, just long enough to exert a tiny force.

Probably would NOT be worth the energy expenditure (EVER), and would be FAR more trouble than it is worth-- the question is hypothetical-- would it slightly increase apparent mass of the front of the ship from the increased interactions?

[Dutrius]

I don't think the Higgs Boson works that way.

[Il Palazzo]

I'd use the power of friendship.

[Urist Arrhenius]

I don't think the Higgs Boson works that way.

The closest you could get is using dark energy (if it actually exists) to give everything inside a ship and the ship itself negative mass.

Dark energy doesn't work that way. It obeys gravity same as dark matter and normal matter. It's known characteristics are: negative pressure (pushes outward), low density, and uniform distribution across the universe.

[Cryxis, Prince of Doom]

I'd use the power of friendship.

Not as powerful as gravity

[penguinofhonor]

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[Dutchling]

Apparently sports supplements (protein bars/shakes/etc) market themselves as a good way to recover after a workout but a study has suggested they're no better for that than fast food. Makes sense to me, that stuff has always seemed like snake oil for healthy people.

I am as surprised as I am thirsty. And I've just drank a litre of juice, so you can imagine how thirsty I'm not.

2/10

[scrdest]

Apparently sports supplements (protein bars/shakes/etc) market themselves as a good way to recover after a workout but a study has suggested they're no better for that than fast food. Makes sense to me, that stuff has always seemed like snake oil for healthy people.

I am as surprised as I am thirsty. And I've just drank a litre of juice, so you can imagine how thirsty I'm not.

If you drank a litre, you probably have in fact been quite thirsty and still might be

The thing here is, both groups got relatively equal amounts of nutrients, both energy- and quality-wise. I don't understand why would anybody imagine there's any difference. The things that actually matter are things that tip the balance in either calorie or nutrient counts, such as high-protein foods - protein BARS are a joke, those are pretty much chocolate bars with an obligatory small dose of protein thrown in and, apparently, used to replace 50% of the taste of an actual chocolate bar, while keeping roughly the same amount of sugar.