Time Travel
Nov 28, 2020 08:17:36 #
If time travel is ever possible, this is the most important thing someone can do. Go back into the past and tell all these ancient people to keep better records. 
Nov 28, 2020 08:19:56 #
Nov 28, 2020 08:21:07 #
Longshadow wrote:
My son is watching a show on the computer about people trying to guess what ancient artifacts are and who made them. Lots of guesswork.
Nov 28, 2020 08:23:12 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If time travel is ever possible, this is the most important thing someone can do. Go back into the past and tell all these ancient people to keep better records.
Despite the impossibility of time travel, the subject has spawned numerous exciting, plausible, interesting, and sometimes ridiculous stories based on time travel.
Nov 28, 2020 08:24:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My son is watching a show on the computer about people trying to guess what ancient artifacts are and who made them. Lots of guesswork.
Yup. Educated speculation.
Nov 28, 2020 08:26:05 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Despite the impossibility of time travel, the subject has spawned numerous exciting, plausible, interesting, and sometimes ridiculous stories based on time travel.
I like time travel stories if they are done right. I agree that we will never go back in time, nor will anyone travel to the future. There is no past or future.
Nov 28, 2020 08:59:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I like time travel stories if they are done right. I agree that we will never go back in time, nor will anyone travel to the future. There is no past or future.
There is past, it is our history. That just cannot be verified except by reporting and often that is not always completely accurate.
There also is future. However, that is much more difficult to ascertain because it has not yet happened and much of it will depend on decisions made by each and everyone of us
Nov 28, 2020 09:06:15 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
There is past, it is our history. That just cannot be verified except by reporting and often that is not always completely accurate.
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And what we know of history depends on who/what is recorded (reported).
Just like what we hear today. Rightly or wrongly reported, someone recorded things,
their interpretation. Hopefully mostly accurate.
Nov 28, 2020 09:11:03 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I like time travel stories if they are done right. I agree that we will never go back in time, nor will anyone travel to the future. There is no past or future.
The notion of parallel universes and stories associated with them is fascinating. The latest one I saw is "The Man in the High Castle", a Netflix series. It just completed it's 4th and final season. Worth a look if you are into this genre.
Nov 28, 2020 09:19:54 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
There is past, it is our history. That just cannot be verified except by reporting and often that is not always completely accurate.
There also is future. However, that is much more difficult to ascertain because it has not yet happened and much of it will depend on decisions made by each and everyone of us
There also is future. However, that is much more difficult to ascertain because it has not yet happened and much of it will depend on decisions made by each and everyone of us
Remember , someone, I forget who said " History is written by the winners", I guess that's the thought for the day.
Nov 28, 2020 09:23:52 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
jerryc41 wrote:
I like time travel stories if they are done right. I agree that we will never go back in time, nor will anyone travel to the future. There is no past or future.
I agree that there is no past or future. The past resides in our memory. The future resides in our imagination. I am reminded of Steven King's great movie, The Langoliers, where horrifying creatures gobbled up time that had been used and left a black nothingness behind them.
Nov 28, 2020 09:24:17 #
bobmcculloch wrote:
Remember , someone, I forget who said " History is written by the winners", I guess that's the thought for the day.
This quote seems to be attributed to a guy named Winston Churchill.
Nov 28, 2020 09:26:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I like time travel stories if they are done right. I agree that we will never go back in time, nor will anyone travel to the future. There is no past or future.
Hay Jerry I travel into the future every day minute by minute.
Nov 28, 2020 10:17:37 #
cedymock wrote:
Hay Jerry I travel into the future every day minute by minute.
We also see the past every day. When you see the sun set, that actually happened 8 minutes before. And how about those stars. Many of the stars we see are long gone.
Just sayin’.
Nov 28, 2020 10:38:29 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
Indi wrote:
We also see the past every day. When you see the sun set, that actually happened 8 minutes before. And how about those stars. Many of the stars we see are long gone.
Just sayin’.
Just sayin’.
Basically we can effectively see what happened in the past relative to our present but we can’t see it relative to it's physical occurrence in time.
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