Re: Time Travel... soon?

[Chief Illinimac]

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Yeah, since scientists across the world work on thoeries about the tooth fairy and the easter bunny. Thats the same thing as time travel or Quantum thoery. Good point.

Just because it's being studied by scientists doesn't mean that time travel is much different from studying something like Santa's existence. Time travel, I think, is something a lot of people want to believe would work because of many different reasons: historical perspectives, visiting ancestors, religious questions. But in the end it will likely turn out to not be actually possible, no matter how theoretically possible it is.

[fishepa]

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[triplej96]

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Just because it's being studied by scientists doesn't mean that time travel is much different from studying something like Santa's existence. Time travel, I think, is something a lot of people want to believe would work because of many different reasons: historical perspectives, visiting ancestors, religious questions. But in the end it will likely turn out to not be actually possible, no matter how theoretically possible it is.

You may be right and people should be skeptical about something like this but they shouldn't be close minded about it. Not saying you are being close minded just saying people that wouldn't even give this a chance or quantum theory or believe it or not some people don't even think evolution is real.

[Chief Illinimac]

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You may be right and people should be skeptical about something like this but they shouldn't be close minded about it. Not saying you are being close minded just saying people that wouldn't even give this a chance or quantum theory or believe it or not some people don't even think evolution is real.

No I'm definitely not being close minded about it, in fact I'm one of the people I described who would love to see it happen. However something on that scale, I'm just not too optimistic about, despite the supporting things I've read on the subject. There's just too many questions. If it does become physically possible, then there's the issue of impacting everything by changing a historical event, or the issue of meeting your past self, etc... I know it sounds lame cause I ripped those from BTTF, but hey, they are issues that will have to be solved if it is to happen one day.

[maverick99]

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First, I think the idea of time travel is something that will never be scientifically achieved. I watched the video read the stuff...still I feel that it doesn't make a whole lot of sense or sound possible to me

However, should it happen, i think it would be a bad thing as opposed to this wonder, great world achievement that people regard it as. As with everything there will be people looking to gain personal benefit and use the new found technology to create massive chaos and anarchy.

"Oh i want to go back in time and pick the correct lottery numbers so I can live a life of luxury in a parallel universe"

[CMH]

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What if time travel will only allow people to see the past, but not live in it?

Sort of like the light traveling from a dead star. We can see the light, but it's source doesn't exist so we can't actually see it's life. We can only see the result.

[SPTO]

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What if time travel will only allow people to see the past, but not live in it?

Sort of like the light traveling from a dead star. We can see the light, but it's source doesn't exist so we can't actually see it's life. We can only see the result.

That would be really interesting. Imagine being able to travel back in time and watch a war from the middle ages and having a translator machine so you can understand what the people are saying?

That would be AWESOME!

[Pete1210]

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Why exactly would it result in anarchy?

If everyone was traveling back and forth in time, then time ceases to exist. It's unmanagable. Civilization breaks down.

[jmood88]

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If everyone was traveling back and forth in time, then time ceases to exist. It's unmanagable. Civilization breaks down.

That's assuming that everyone would want to travel back and forth when they wanted or that there wouldn't be some kind of regulation on time travel.

[jmood88]

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That would be really interesting. Imagine being able to travel back in time and watch a war from the middle ages and having a translator machine so you can understand what the people are saying?

That would be AWESOME!

That would be cool, living history lessons. I would like to go back and try to find some long lost civilizations or see if there's some truth to some of the myths of today.

[garnettrules21]

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I am from the future, I am an Automaton Nuclear Neo-human Android. You may call me ANNA. I am a robot ninja from the planet England who is here to destroy you and free this land from your tyranny."

LOL, this is seriously interesting stuff though.

[bsb13]

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What if time travel will only allow people to see the past, but not live in it?

Sort of like the light traveling from a dead star. We can see the light, but it's source doesn't exist so we can't actually see it's life. We can only see the result.

I see the past every time I watch a home video.

[Dallasin2K3]

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I wouldnt consider myself anywhere near an expert on the subject, bit I took Astronomy last semester and the professor simply that the best arguement against time travel is that you've never met anyone from the future.

I think one of the original premises of the scientist's idea is that you need a time machine to travel back to. So.. your point would be valid, under this idea, if we had a time machine, and no one ever came through.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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Don't remember where I read this but there was some physicist by the name of Hynek I think. He was hired by the military in the 60's to debunk UFO sightings that started to become rampant then. He was a staunch non-believer in aliens landing from another planet but near the end of his life after seeing enough evidence that couldn't be explained he still thought that it was virtually impossible for aliens to visit from distant galaxies but thoerized that whatever sightings that seemed concrete was much more likely to originate from beings visiting from our distant future. This would explain why there is never an attempt by these beings to contact or interact with anyone and are simply observing things because any interaction may alter thier present world. This would answer any criticism by people who say UFO's are fake because why would aliens travels billions of miles simply to fly around a bit and go back. Kinda makes sense to me.

This doesn't agree with the dual time machine thoery but thousands(or even millions) of years from now who knows what humans will look like and what advancements they've made. It's hard to believe but it still makes you think.

[jmood88]

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Don't remember where I read this but there was some physicist by the name of Hynek I think. He was hired by the military in the 60's to debunk UFO sightings that started to become rampant then. He was a staunch non-believer in aliens landing from another planet but near the end of his life after seeing enough evidence that couldn't be explained he still thought that it was virtually impossible for aliens to visit from distant galaxies but thoerized that whatever sightings that seemed concrete was much more likely to originate from beings visiting from our distant future. This would explain why there is never an attempt by these beings to contact or interact with anyone and are simply observing things because any interaction may alter thier present world. This would answer any criticism by people who say UFO's are fake because why would aliens travels billions of miles simply to fly around a bit and go back. Kinda makes sense to me.

This doesn't agree with the dual time machine thoery but thousands(or even millions) of years from now who knows what humans will look like and what advancements they've made. It's hard to believe but it still makes you think.

That's interesting, I haven't heard anything like that. That could definitely be one possibility.