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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 26, 2016 8:16:21 GMT -5
Time Travel really, really makes my head hurt... so mostly I agree with the Vulcan Science Directorate that it's impossible. Sure, there are good time travel stories out there, and every so often it's even made to make sense (like Babylon 5), but mostly it's kinda ridiculous. That said, sight seeing in the past would be pretty amazing. I think if I was 'vacationing' I'd go WAY back... I want to see if Jesus was real, and I want to see what the deal was with the Trojan War, find out what the heck the deal was with the Crusades, etc. Also, if I could toss a dollar or two in a bank and get some compound interest going a couple hundred years ago, that would be nice too  |
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Post by Wild Card on Sept 27, 2016 13:12:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure what I would do with time travel. Because I don't know what the consequences would be. I'm very wary of the choices I'd make. However, a coworker offered a very interesting concept of what he would do, and honestly, coming from this particular coworker, I was super surprised.
He told me he would cause something to happen. Then after it occurred he would go back and try something else. For example. He wait for someone to ask him something, and after he sees what his answer caused, he'd go back and answer differently. Or he'd decide to go left and hen go back and go right. Just to see what the possibilities are. And he told me if he screws something up he can just go back far enough to prevent it. I'm not doing the idea any justice, he explained it brilliantly, but I think I've got enough for y'all.
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Post by Randle-El on Sept 27, 2016 21:29:55 GMT -5
I have sometimes day dreamed about what I would do if I could go back in time and relive certain eras of my life -- taken this job, dated that girl, chosen that school instead of this one, etc. When all is said and done though, I feel pretty blessed with my wife and kids, and I don't think I would change a thing if it meant changing anything about my family now.
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 28, 2016 4:38:22 GMT -5
I'm not sure what I would do with time travel. Because I don't know what the consequences would be. I'm very wary of the choices I'd make. However, a coworker offered a very interesting concept of what he would do, and honestly, coming from this particular coworker, I was super surprised. He told me he would cause something to happen. Then after it occurred he would go back and try something else. For example. He wait for someone to ask him something, and after he sees what his answer caused, he'd go back and answer differently. Or he'd decide to go left and hen go back and go right. Just to see what the possibilities are. And he told me if he screws something up he can just go back far enough to prevent it. I'm not doing the idea any justice, he explained it brilliantly, but I think I've got enough for y'all. The interesting thing (if I were to write a book about timetravel) are the things that you changed without even realizing it and I think that's a problem your coworker would run into. Not the things that changed because they said "yes" or "no" to a single question, like the things other people took away from that they won't directly tell him. "He said yes, but didn't seem too convinced." "He said yes like I was an idiot for even asking." and then the main character is trying to undo the change, but it turns out that the actual answer was not what caused the change. Wait, I'm getting my notebook. |
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Post by Wild Card on Sept 28, 2016 15:05:40 GMT -5
I'm not sure what I would do with time travel. Because I don't know what the consequences would be. I'm very wary of the choices I'd make. However, a coworker offered a very interesting concept of what he would do, and honestly, coming from this particular coworker, I was super surprised. He told me he would cause something to happen. Then after it occurred he would go back and try something else. For example. He wait for someone to ask him something, and after he sees what his answer caused, he'd go back and answer differently. Or he'd decide to go left and hen go back and go right. Just to see what the possibilities are. And he told me if he screws something up he can just go back far enough to prevent it. I'm not doing the idea any justice, he explained it brilliantly, but I think I've got enough for y'all. The interesting thing (if I were to write a book about timetravel) are the things that you changed without even realizing it and I think that's a problem your coworker would run into. Not the things that changed because they said "yes" or "no" to a single question, like the things other people took away from that they won't directly tell him. "He said yes, but didn't seem too convinced." "He said yes like I was an idiot for even asking." and then the main character is trying to undo the change, but it turns out that the actual answer was not what caused the change. Wait, I'm getting my notebook. Oh, very interesting point! You're correct. I'm gonna ask him about that tonight at work and see what he thinks. But definitely write that down!!! That's a super good idea! |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 29, 2016 4:58:01 GMT -5
I could use a time machine so I could have my pudding and eat it too
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