Random Thought: Time Travel = Not Possible
I read digg.com a fair amount. I saw this story a few minutes ago: http://digg.com/general_sciences/Will_Time_Travel_Prove_to_be_Impossible. It links to this article: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/02/time-travel–wi.html.
My first thought when I read it was that backwards time travel to the time period of your choosing is obviously not possible because no one has time traveled back to now. I noticed a few minutes later that a commenter agrees with me. I’d never really thought about it before — I guess I’d always assumed that it might be possible but it was just out of the realm of our comprehension. It’s a little sad and defeating to know that my chances of meeting Jesus, Caesar, Lincoln, Hitler (swift kick to the nuts), Jefferson, Galileo and Elvis have gone from what I used to perceive as a non-zero chance to a truly zero chance. Oh well.
In other news, I’ve officially gotten rid of my pool table here in Costa Rica, so that’s a big first step towards moving out. I am moving a bunch more stuff out this week and then I have a small crew coming through to do little repairs and fixes before putting my place on the market.
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There are a few explanations of why time tourists don’t exist here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Tourism_in_time.
I find Hawking’s explanation more feasible than Sagan’s, but then again, I don’t understand how spacetime can be warped.
ispiked
February 14, 2009
I DONT COME TO THIS BLOG TO HAVE MY HOPES AND DREAMS CRUSHED
F U NAT AREM
Paul
February 14, 2009
How do you explain Lost then – especially the last few episodes?
cmitch
February 15, 2009
I think that Lost was sent back in time from the future. But it’s because only TV programs can be sent through time, not people or other tangible objects.
Adam of P5s Fame
February 17, 2009