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loobkoob ,
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After that, he says that energetic stellar-sized microwaves could also be the cause, though this is unlikely since microwaves typically are not stellar-sized and they do not float in space [citation needed].

I don't know why but that [citation needed] caught me so off guard and made me laugh far too much

cynar ,

I’m fairly sure microwaves float in space. I don’t think there are completely different laws of physics, just for microwaves. A microwave in a bistro however…

0x0 ,

Microwaves travel through space at the speed of light because they are photons

cynar ,

If you want to get pedantic, as far as photons are concerned, photons don’t exist. At C time dilation hits infinity, while length contraction approaches zero. Therefore photons travel zero distance and experience zero time. Therefore, from a photon’s perspective, they don’t exist!

chuckleslord ,

Bistromath was such a beautifully strange concept for a ship. I freaking love SEP fields the most from that book.

cynar ,

The combination of the infinite improbability drive leaking, and the SEP (somebody else’s problem) field is amazing. It provides an in-universe explanation for the various weird and unlikely things that happen.

jballs ,
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I was reading one of his the other day and he got me with the same thing. It was:

Outer space is a lot higher up than Niagara Falls ^[citation ^needed]

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