[ExI] Interstellar FedEx

Anders Sandberg asa at nada.kth.se
Wed Sep 30 00:37:40 UTC 2009


Tomaz Kristan wrote:
> A temperature is felt due to any acceleration. But it is the string theory
> required for the entropy to be increased for that reason.

Unruh radiation is a rather esoteric effect, but it is very fun. I can
imagine all sorts of paradoxes involving heat engines located on
accelerating spaceships exploiting the thermal difference between front
and back.

-- 
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University





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