[ExI] is a FTL drive a dream without any physics to back it up?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 06:50:58PM -0500, Mike Dougherty wrote:

> One might also not rule out that an advanced civilization created a

One might not rule out anything. So one has to rule out almost
everything, in order to get something done. 

> universe in which FTL travel is not possible because they needed to
> build a garden wall around those universes where magic happens every
> day.  ex: We generally don't build firebrick from substances that melt
> easily.
> 
> How "advanced" of a civilization are we talking about anyway?