lsparrish comments on Existing Absurd Technologies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MinibearRex 30 May 2011 05:23:24PM 7 points [-]
  1. The whole idea of public key cryptography. Take a message, put it through a certain algorithm, but the algorithm doesn't work in reverse.

  2. Rockets in space. A flying vehicle that seems to move forwards by pushing on nothing.

  3. The absolute speed limit of special relativity. Not quite technology, but the experiments could be described.

Comment author: lsparrish 30 May 2011 05:50:45PM 4 points [-]

To bring Special Relativity into the realm of existing technology, one might emphasize the GPS system's reliance on it.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 30 May 2011 09:18:51PM 4 points [-]

GPS itself is some pretty cool technology.