Dan_Fielding wrote:
Interstellar was great, apart from the end where it became ridiculous. For a film that claims to be highly scientifically accurate, there must have been a better way of ending it.
I agree the ending may
appear a little far-fetched, but have you ever read any articles/watched any videos on quantum physics? Not even today's top scientists can explain quantum phenomena - it's almost
supernatural.
You may have heard of Flatland (a concept that gives you an idea of how a 3D world is inconceivable to those in a 2D world, similarly - how a 4D+ world is inconceivable to those in a 3D world):
This relates to the film in that time for us
appears constant (we can't control it) - whereas for those existing in a 4D world, time may just be another dimension that can be traveled in any direction (and for us to see this, it needs to be shown in a way that we can understand - in 3D, aka - the bookshelf).
Everything after this point doesn't relate directly to the film, but it might make you see how the ending of Interstellar doesn't seem all that far-fetched in comparison to what we've already discovered.
There's the Double Slit Experiment (electrons change their behavior depending on whether they're being consciously observed):
Gives you an idea of just how spooky quantum physics is - electrons are
literally (and drastically) changing their behavior depending on whether they're being
watched. This is a
real experiment.
I don't know about you, but this freaks me out.
Some scientists say that our reality only exists when we're observing it. When not being observed, everything is in quantum superposition - a state where, just like the experiment, everything behaves differently:
With the Double Slit Experiment and Schrodinger's Cat in mind, the answer to the question "If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" might actually be - no.
Quantum Entanglement (start at 3:03) - again, this is
real. Dubbed "Spooky action at a distance" by Einstein.
Sorry for the boring/extremely nerdy post - but after even trying to understand any of this myself, it makes Interstellar look timid.