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29 Aug 2007, 2:38 pm

If you could go back in time what would you change?



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29 Aug 2007, 4:10 pm

I'd go back about 6010 years and kill a snake.



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29 Aug 2007, 4:20 pm

Piss in the primordial soup.


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31 Aug 2007, 7:50 am

AtomicAlchemist wrote:
I'd go back about 6010 years and kill a snake.


don't count on it.



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31 Aug 2007, 10:45 am

Isn't the theory that time travel is virtually impossible, especially where great leaps are concerned, because you would have to travel faster than the speed of light? And even if you could, you would only be able to go back a small amount of time anyway. So, killing a snake 6010 years ago is best left to Time Lords in fantasy TV series.


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31 Aug 2007, 11:14 am

me being born
me destroying my shaun alexander rookie UD game/auto card :cry:
me ever picking up a joint or beer



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31 Aug 2007, 11:41 am

I would absolutely prevent my father from meeting my mother. That accomplished, I would disappear, having created a better world.



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31 Aug 2007, 11:54 am

I'd be a flower girl at Jesus' wedding.


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31 Aug 2007, 4:35 pm

Didn't you see 12 Monkeys? It can't be done.



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31 Aug 2007, 6:44 pm

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I would absolutely prevent my father from meeting my mother. That accomplished, I would disappear, having created a better world.


So says you!! !! You wouldn't have been there to show the light on Complex PTSD for me. My pissing in the primordial soup would have stopped your plans. Give up you can't win this one :wink:


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31 Aug 2007, 6:56 pm

i'd go back and killer hitler.



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31 Aug 2007, 7:05 pm

The_Chosen_One wrote:
Isn't the theory that time travel is virtually impossible


Certainly possible in the forward direction.

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02088/einstein.htm

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A second aspect to the gravitational time dilation postulate is that the faster an object is moving, the slower time progresses for that object in relation to a stationary observer. While in everyday circumstances, this effect goes entirely unnoticed, it has proven to be true. An atomic clock placed on a jet airplane was shown to "tick" more slowly than an atomic clock at rest. However, even with the speeds achieved by a jet aircraft, the time dilation effect was minimal. A more solid example can be seen through an experiment performed on the International Space Station (ISS). After the first 6 months in space, the crew of the ISS aged .007 seconds less than the rest of us on earth (the relatively stationary observers). The station moves at approximately 18,000 miles per hour (see applet below to track the location and speed of the ISS), much faster than the range of normal human speeds. Even with such speeds, however, time dilation is minimal unless you approach speeds close to the speed of light (300,000 km/sec.).



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31 Aug 2007, 7:34 pm

It's impossible to change the past of your current universe, I think. But it is possible that alternate parallel universes are created when you attempt to alter the events of the past. Your origin universe's past cannot be changed.

It is possible to time travel to the future, absolutely. Getting back is the problem though. :lol: Cryogenics anyone?

Time is linear, and it can only ever go forward.

I'd love to time travel to the future, to see what the human race will become. First stop, 2100! That's if it survives this crucial period in history. The next 20-50 years will be big turning points for humanity.


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31 Aug 2007, 8:15 pm

The_Chosen_One wrote:
So, killing a snake 6010 years ago is best left to Time Lords in fantasy TV series.


Now, where did I leave my TARDIS.... :?


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31 Aug 2007, 8:21 pm

Quatermass wrote:
The_Chosen_One wrote:
So, killing a snake 6010 years ago is best left to Time Lords in fantasy TV series.


Now, where did I leave my TARDIS.... :?


We have it now! :twisted:


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31 Aug 2007, 8:22 pm

Anubis wrote:
Quatermass wrote:
The_Chosen_One wrote:
So, killing a snake 6010 years ago is best left to Time Lords in fantasy TV series.


Now, where did I leave my TARDIS.... :?


We have it now! :twisted:


But I have a Stattenheim. :)


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