Semi-OT: A General Tech Question Thread for me :)

[Hunpecked]

El_Phil writes: "Well hunpecked the thing is if 'warp points' are just wormholes then your still probably OK in modern science."

I lack even a layman's understanding of "wormholes". From the Wikipedia I gather that it's all theory so far and usable wormholes may or may not be possible. In other words it's still sci fi, though with a possible but not solid theoretical basis.

Personally I doubt that wormholes, if they even exist, are usable for FTL travel, for the simple reason that no ET species has to our knowledge taken over the entire universe. Yeah, yeah, we could be alone, we could be in an interstellar "wildlife preserve," etc. But I get the distinct impression that our universe is just not very friendly to many of our cherished sci fi concepts.