cityStatic
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Is time travel possible?
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No/maybe it's not you should watch the new Stephen Hawkins Universe on the Discovery channel.
Basically travelling through time wouldn't work because:
Travelling to the past - Anything we did would have a ripple effect on the future and change the future what if you could go back to the day you were born and kill yourself what would happen? Also Stephen Hawkin did a very simple test he made an invitation to time travellers to come to his party in the future and placed co-ordinate details on the invitation and everything and no one turned up. Also the theory behind worm holes and other such theories were dismissed due to radiation that would kill us even if it were possible.
Travelling to the future - Maybe possible by travelling large distances at very high speed but again this could cause a lot of risks also in the immediate future having fuel and an engine or something that would be able to reach such speeds and cover such distances is almost impossible maybe it will be in the future but I find it very unlikely as does Stephen Hawkins.
Rick
Basically travelling through time wouldn't work because:
Travelling to the past - Anything we did would have a ripple effect on the future and change the future what if you could go back to the day you were born and kill yourself what would happen? Also Stephen Hawkin did a very simple test he made an invitation to time travellers to come to his party in the future and placed co-ordinate details on the invitation and everything and no one turned up. Also the theory behind worm holes and other such theories were dismissed due to radiation that would kill us even if it were possible.
Travelling to the future - Maybe possible by travelling large distances at very high speed but again this could cause a lot of risks also in the immediate future having fuel and an engine or something that would be able to reach such speeds and cover such distances is almost impossible maybe it will be in the future but I find it very unlikely as does Stephen Hawkins.
Rick
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No. Enough said.
Loopy Legend
Addicted
I am going to say no, if time travel was possible we would of seen some kind of time travel accident turn up now.
cityStatic
Seasoned Veteran
I'm going to play the devil's advocate here:
Is time travel theoretically possible? Yes. Einstein's theory of relativity works equally well in reverse. To respond to mcrickeo, Hawking also admits that the universe is four-dimensional - In addition to length, width, and volume, there is also time. Thus, if someone was able to find a way to travel back in time, it would probably work. Traversable wormholes are a serious possibility, but are honesly unlikely. However, quantum entanglement is a true possibility and may or may not work for time travel. So yes, time travel is theoretically possible. But theory and actually trying are two different things, wo we may never know if time travel is truely possible.
Wow, this is exactly my opinion. Time travel is possible in theory, but it may not be in reality.
Is time travel theoretically possible? Yes. Einstein's theory of relativity works equally well in reverse. To respond to mcrickeo, Hawking also admits that the universe is four-dimensional - In addition to length, width, and volume, there is also time. Thus, if someone was able to find a way to travel back in time, it would probably work. Traversable wormholes are a serious possibility, but are honesly unlikely. However, quantum entanglement is a true possibility and may or may not work for time travel. So yes, time travel is theoretically possible. But theory and actually trying are two different things, wo we may never know if time travel is truely possible.
Wow, this is exactly my opinion. Time travel is possible in theory, but it may not be in reality.
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Madly Diligent
No. That ripple effect thing somebody said. What if I went back in time and stopped 9/11? The bubonic plague? The widespread effect of that would change too many things.
Rich Edmonds
Seasoned Veteran
Nope, never will be possible in my books. It's just not in line with reality.
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Madly Diligent
All we need is a DeLorean DMC-12 and Doc!Hotspot said:
Nathan54AB
Familiar Face
I think time travel is possible. It would require god-like technology, but it is possible to some degree. However, I do not think you could actually change things by altering the past. Just look at it hypothetically. If you, say, went back in time to prevent the Holocaust from happening and you succeeded, then the Holocaust would not have existed for you to prevent it in the first place. It's a paradox, and it's why you cannot change things that have already happened or are happening by altering the past. Also, that would have to mean that if you travel into the past, you would not be in the same universe. You could only interact with the past of a parallel universe, or if that's not possible you could only view the past of the same universe but not be able to interact with it at all.
Travel into the future (in the same universe) is possible though. We're traveling into the future right now. Time is always progressing by. All you'd need to do to speed it up is travel at really high speeds (close to the speed of light) or locally alter the space-time fabric around you.
Travel into the future (in the same universe) is possible though. We're traveling into the future right now. Time is always progressing by. All you'd need to do to speed it up is travel at really high speeds (close to the speed of light) or locally alter the space-time fabric around you.
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