Re: Three Laws of Chronodynamics
Wow. Impressive, Chrono. But hold on. I like how your posts ends, Mike and Doc Andy leave '05 never to return and puts Mike's family through grief for the remainder of their natural lives, but it works none the less.
I should have further explained the divergence in the timeline since I referencing Back to the Future. When Andy went forward and learned of his death he decided to send Mike back in some hope of saving them both; he thought it would be too dangerous to visit his younger self. So Mike's presence in 1975 creates a divergent timeline (not a different worldline) because Mike is there. (It's a different dynamic then BTTF 1 since McFly's presence in 1955 was accidental and this is a deliberate action.)
I tried to display that the future does not necessarily have to be fixed (relative future from the POV of the visitor). Imagine mediums or psychics who had visions of the immediate future; someone is stabbed, hit by a car, kidnapped and raped. They attempt to prevent this occurrances by warning to intended victims. (Better yet think of Minority Report.)
Remember BTTF 1? Doc in 1955 is now aware about the Libyan attack. George's lifestyle will be different since he stood up to Biff and knocked him out. The reality will appear altered from Marty's POV when he returns home. As time moves forward gradually, Marty is born in June 1968 and he grows up with a different life then the "other" Marty that will return at 1:24 AM on October 26, 1985. The world as a whole is still the same; it's just the personal reality from McFly's frame of reference that's changed. He had no clue Doc was wearing a flack jacket and survived the gunfire. Recall Marty's reaction when he read to time worn, taped-together letter.
So when Mike returns to the altered reality Andy is still living. The reality where Andy went to the future to discover his own death is an alternate one since when Andy tested the machine and journeyed to March 16, 2009, he saw no reports that he was deceased. However, he did know that eventually Mike would need to be sent back to 1975 to keep this reality intact and did so. (You're aware of predestination paradox aka causal loops.)
Wow. Impressive, Chrono. But hold on. I like how your posts ends, Mike and Doc Andy leave '05 never to return and puts Mike's family through grief for the remainder of their natural lives, but it works none the less.
I should have further explained the divergence in the timeline since I referencing Back to the Future. When Andy went forward and learned of his death he decided to send Mike back in some hope of saving them both; he thought it would be too dangerous to visit his younger self. So Mike's presence in 1975 creates a divergent timeline (not a different worldline) because Mike is there. (It's a different dynamic then BTTF 1 since McFly's presence in 1955 was accidental and this is a deliberate action.)
I tried to display that the future does not necessarily have to be fixed (relative future from the POV of the visitor). Imagine mediums or psychics who had visions of the immediate future; someone is stabbed, hit by a car, kidnapped and raped. They attempt to prevent this occurrances by warning to intended victims. (Better yet think of Minority Report.)
Remember BTTF 1? Doc in 1955 is now aware about the Libyan attack. George's lifestyle will be different since he stood up to Biff and knocked him out. The reality will appear altered from Marty's POV when he returns home. As time moves forward gradually, Marty is born in June 1968 and he grows up with a different life then the "other" Marty that will return at 1:24 AM on October 26, 1985. The world as a whole is still the same; it's just the personal reality from McFly's frame of reference that's changed. He had no clue Doc was wearing a flack jacket and survived the gunfire. Recall Marty's reaction when he read to time worn, taped-together letter.
So when Mike returns to the altered reality Andy is still living. The reality where Andy went to the future to discover his own death is an alternate one since when Andy tested the machine and journeyed to March 16, 2009, he saw no reports that he was deceased. However, he did know that eventually Mike would need to be sent back to 1975 to keep this reality intact and did so. (You're aware of predestination paradox aka causal loops.)
