Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Vault
Time Travel Schematics
T.E.C. Time Archive
The Why Files
Have You Seen...?
Chronovisor
TimeTravelForum.tk
TimeTravelForum.net
ParanormalNetwork.net
Paranormalis.com
ConspiracyCafe.net
Streams
Live streams
Featured streams
Multi-Viewer
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Time Travel Forum
Time Travelers
Regarding the logic of time travel.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Ayasano" data-source="post: 79252" data-attributes="member: 4804"><p>The short answer is yes. You just don't know about it because when you have all of time and space at your disposal, staying hidden becomes trivial. And who knows, maybe you will have gone back to a date prior to 2014? You just made sure not to bump into yourself because you don't remember it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's hard for me to explain, but in terms of the basic mechanics of time travel, that's what I believe too. However, that fails to take into account the survival instincts of humans. I know I, personally, would rather not be erased from history.</p><p></p><p>Look at it this way. If one person can invent time travel, then it stands to reason so can others. Our universe is going to be around for many billions or even trillions of years, so barring some universe-wide extinction-level event before we or any other species invent time travel, it also stands to reason that over the lifetime of the universe many people will invent time machines. If you consider it likely that a species as a whole may adopt time travel, the number of time travellers moving around goes up by several orders of magnitude.</p><p></p><p>We also know that due to the Butterfly Effect, small changes to an initial state of a complex system can result in entirely different end states. The classic "stepping on a bug in the age of the dinosaurs".</p><p></p><p>The result of these two assumptions is that there are some trillions of time travellers who want history to stay the same. So while the basic mechanics of time travel might allow us to change history, in practice you won't be able to because someone will show up and take care of you. I, personally, find that kind of comforting.</p><p></p><p>(And don't worry about changing something by accident. You can only change a <em>known</em> event. If you don't know the outcome in advance, how do you know which one to pick to make it different?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ayasano, post: 79252, member: 4804"] The short answer is yes. You just don't know about it because when you have all of time and space at your disposal, staying hidden becomes trivial. And who knows, maybe you will have gone back to a date prior to 2014? You just made sure not to bump into yourself because you don't remember it. It's hard for me to explain, but in terms of the basic mechanics of time travel, that's what I believe too. However, that fails to take into account the survival instincts of humans. I know I, personally, would rather not be erased from history. Look at it this way. If one person can invent time travel, then it stands to reason so can others. Our universe is going to be around for many billions or even trillions of years, so barring some universe-wide extinction-level event before we or any other species invent time travel, it also stands to reason that over the lifetime of the universe many people will invent time machines. If you consider it likely that a species as a whole may adopt time travel, the number of time travellers moving around goes up by several orders of magnitude. We also know that due to the Butterfly Effect, small changes to an initial state of a complex system can result in entirely different end states. The classic "stepping on a bug in the age of the dinosaurs". The result of these two assumptions is that there are some trillions of time travellers who want history to stay the same. So while the basic mechanics of time travel might allow us to change history, in practice you won't be able to because someone will show up and take care of you. I, personally, find that kind of comforting. (And don't worry about changing something by accident. You can only change a [I]known[/I] event. If you don't know the outcome in advance, how do you know which one to pick to make it different?) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Time Travel Forum
Time Travelers
Regarding the logic of time travel.
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top