Worlds first time machine

[Laughingman12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWnoMaSgYPY


I got this from another forum. If this really was to happen I would literally scream.

 

[Jesus the Porkyeti]

yep. This was on NPR's American Life. Later the guy realized it wasn't possible.

 

[Special K]

Interesting. Some books I read a few years ago, such as Hyperspace by Michio Kaku, predicted that we were hundreds of years away from any form of time travel.

 

[Laughingman12]

Even, if its possible I bet the government would march into this guy's house and break down the time machine before he use it for his own purpose.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: Laughingman12
Even, if its possible I bet the government would march into this guy's house and break down the time machine before he use it for his own purpose.

I don't know about that, a good portion of academic research is funded by government grants.

 

[Alone]

If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

 

[judasmachine]

When I was young I remember thinking that UFOs, and aliens were evolved humans attempting time travel. I was a weird little kid. It just seemed a little more likely than someone covering the vast distances between stars.

 

[redgtxdi]

And on top of that..............why just now???


Based on realization?? If so, then why not when Einstein first proposed it???



As Mallet mentions, if we're bending time in a loop (assuming this CAN be done) then people from the future could go back in time anywhere.

Of course then you start the mind-bending conundrums.........


If they travel via a 4th dimension............are they really within time??

What is time???


(Brain explodes........Scanners'-style) 😛

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

Or maybe it was to the traveler's advantage to CREATE those horrors and see to it that religion was created?

"Hey, you. What's your name? Jesus? Right on. Here... I need you to do something for me...."

Ohhhh... the possibilities of this conversation are endless.

 

[KLin]

How do we even know that the horrors in the past weren't created by those travelling back in time from the future? Think about that for a minute. 😛

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

Or maybe it was to the traveler's advantage to CREATE those horrors and see to it that religion was created?

"Hey, you. What's your name? Jesus? Right on. Here... I need you to do something for me...."

Ohhhh... the possibilities of this conversation are endless.

head assplodes

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: KLin
How do we even know that the horrors in the past weren't created by those travelling back in time from the future? Think about that for a minute. 😛

Beat ya to it. My time travel skillz > than yourz 😛

 

[RedArmy]

I'm thinking that if time travel was possible, we wouldn't have seen the effects of it since most likely you would go to a parallel universe. It would share all the same characteristics as this one but just not be this one. But then that would mean there would be an infinite amount of parallel universes which means you aren't really traveling so much through time as you are to a place. Kind of hard to conceptualize

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Originally posted by: judasmachine

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

Or maybe it was to the traveler's advantage to CREATE those horrors and see to it that religion was created?

"Hey, you. What's your name? Jesus? Right on. Here... I need you to do something for me...."

Ohhhh... the possibilities of this conversation are endless.

head assplodes

Haven't you people ever heard of the Temporal Prime Directive? 😀

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: KLin
How do we even know that the horrors in the past weren't created by those travelling back in time from the future? Think about that for a minute. 😛

Beat ya to it. My time travel skillz > than yourz 😛

I guess someone already invented it. Bastard :thumbsdown:😉

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: KLin
How do we even know that the horrors in the past weren't created by those travelling back in time from the future? Think about that for a minute. 😛

Invoking such a large occurance might delay the creation of such a traveling device, or, perhaps, stop it from being realized altogether.

Time would be way too sensitive for this ever to be practiced.

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: XabanakFanatik

Originally posted by: judasmachine

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

Or maybe it was to the traveler's advantage to CREATE those horrors and see to it that religion was created?

"Hey, you. What's your name? Jesus? Right on. Here... I need you to do something for me...."

Ohhhh... the possibilities of this conversation are endless.

head assplodes

Haven't you people ever heard of the Temporal Prime Directive? 😀

I was just about to say something to that effect. You would want to preserve history so that you don't ......................................................

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: XabanakFanatik

Originally posted by: judasmachine

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

Or maybe it was to the traveler's advantage to CREATE those horrors and see to it that religion was created?

"Hey, you. What's your name? Jesus? Right on. Here... I need you to do something for me...."

Ohhhh... the possibilities of this conversation are endless.

head assplodes

Haven't you people ever heard of the Temporal Prime Directive? 😀

Yes, and like James T. Kirk we do our best to disregard it.😛

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Alone

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: Alone
If time travel were ever made possible, wouldn't we be seeing its effects now? I mean, wouldn't we be seeing the things sent back to our time?

How would we know?

Then again... Ahnold is the Governator and Dubbya is prez... Hmmmmmmmmm

Certain horrors in our history would have been avoided. Religion would be debunked. Do I need to go on?

If you go back in time and stop a horror from happening, it will not have happened. Which would mean that you would have no knowledge of it happening. Which would mean that you wouldn't go back in time to prevent it. Which would mean that it happened. Which would mean you'd go back and prevent it. Which would mean it didn't happen. Which would mean you wouldn't know to go back and prevent it. Which would mean that it would happen....

Wow, look at that. Logic from a Christian. 😉

ZV

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I'm traveling through time tommorrow. Should be fun! It's here, today!

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Oh, I remember now ... big trick to actual time travel 9not my joke above) is that it would take insanes amount of power to pull off. We're talking more power than teh world uses in a day.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Ok, that was corny; twisting space with lasers? Maybe there's something I don't know, but... :disgust:

 

[Alone]

Exactly. Even if laws were put in place to dissuade people from traveling back in time, someone would always be there to break it.

Let's not forget that even the smallest change could cause great effects. I mean, if I were to die here and now because someone came back in time and accidentally bumped into me, and I fell and broke my neck. The cure for cancer may be delayed, because some day, my then wife might re-marry and they eventually have kids. Later down the road, one of those kids gets a brand new car for his 18th birthday and kills the guy who assisted whoever came up with the cure.

Oops?