Date: 8/1/2002 11:48:00 PM
From Authorid: 24003
Id have to say...no I dont believe its possible.  |
Date: 8/1/2002 11:52:00 PM
From Authorid: 49498
Either way, you would create a paradox and destroy time. Merry christmas  |
Date: 8/1/2002 11:54:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 52419
true.. Mickle  |
Date: 8/2/2002 1:12:00 AM
From Authorid: 21867
...only if time is linear...  |
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Date: 8/2/2002 1:49:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 52419
I personally believe that time is NOT linear, because scientists have proven, that NOTHING can escape a black hole, which includes light. According to Einstein's theory, you travel faster than light, you can possibly go back (or forward) in time (and when has Einstein been wrong? :-P). So this is why I believe ... well.. I dunno what I believe, maybe you can, maybe you can't. Hopefully in our life time, it will be possible. Mickle |
Date: 8/2/2002 2:26:00 AM
From Authorid: 40543
Time travel in the past no, future..in theory. It would require to go at such speeds for example the speed of light to be able to travel forward in time. Time dialates nearer the speed of light so if one could attain light speed time would cease to move to that person. *takes a breath* so in therory doing such you could travel forward in time but technically you just wouldnt age nearly as fast. As for traveling back in time you would have to go faster than the speed of light so that since at the speed of light time stops, going faster you would start going backwards..good debate.  |
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Date: 8/2/2002 2:41:00 AM
From Authorid: 21867
If time is not linear...then would that not free you from the Paradox? |
Date: 8/2/2002 11:24:00 AM
From Authorid: 54987
It's not physically possible to travel at the speed of light and live. There is a theory that past, present, and future are all happening at the same time. So, it's more like dimensional travel than linear travel. I'm not sure if that would mean we could change things. I think not.. I feel we could only visit as observers. Coolade  |
Date: 8/2/2002 12:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 21867
I totally agree with Coolade on this one. I feel/believe that time is not linear, but looped and folded upon itself, layer upon layer, so that 'time' travel is not forward or backward...but rather sideways Peace, |
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Date: 8/2/2002 1:17:00 PM
From Authorid: 13371
Coolade, as far as we know, we can't physically travel the speed of light - as you stated - but things may change in future. We didn't always know that a form of bread mold could save lives, that Earth revolved around the sun and not vice versa, etc. Believe it or not, we don't yet know everything about everything. Thus we cannot say for sure that time travel is impossible. Plus, there's always the idea that although matter can't travel the speed of light (according to Einstein) energy can. Theoretically, if we could figure out a way to "save" our physical information on a type of converter (for lack of better word), we could indeed travel the speed of light and thus temporarily stop time. Here's the reasoning behind it: E=mc[2] so when matter attains the speed of light, it becomes pure energy; conversely, if the energy slows from the speed of light, it can be changed back into matter again. This is where the "converter" comes in. It's something out of a sci-fi story, having to be specifically designed to remember every tiny detail and be able to put everything back together correctly once the reverse equation comes into play. But possible, if we had the technology. That's why people love sci-fi stuff so much, I think - it's possible, just not right now. Morrigan |
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Date: 8/2/2002 3:33:00 PM
From Authorid: 54987
I like your thinking Morrigan.. I was meaning at this time of course. I understand about Einstein's theory of relativity. I am a fan or star trek and I feel sure that some kind of instrument may be capable of moving matter via energy to another location (bilocation). However, time travel would be dependant upon time being linear and not dimensional. What is time? This is one reason why I suggested a science site on here. I was most interested to read about the Philadelphia experiment. I have heard that they have done some successful present day experiments on bilocation. Coolade |
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Date: 8/5/2002 1:57:00 PM
From Authorid: 54196
From what we know about QP, it seems entirely possible. The idea that every possible configuration of particles exists simultaneously in one place at one time discounts the idea of time out of hand, so time travel isn't just possible, it's simply a task of manipulating reality to suit your purposes. We travel forward into the "future" constantly. How could you possibly think that it would be impossible to speed the process or reverse it? |
