if you woke up one day to find yourself standing in front of you, and realise that he is you from the future.......what would you like to know from him?
2006-06-23 11:02:12 · 16 answers · asked by Luxy 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I would probably ask all the obvious questions listed above, but, just as obviously, my older self would answer none of them. How would I know this? Because if he did he would, by doing so, change my future, and would then cease to exist.
2006-06-24 10:58:59 · answer #1 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any change at all creates a different future (however slight) and therefore a paradox is irrelevant to its effect or lack of effect on the traveller's future. So now any communication at all with the past will create a split, at this time it really becomes useful to start forgetting where splits occur and only pay attention to what any given observer will actually experience.
If you were to travel back to visit yourself from the future you would create a paradox (and a split) that would cause you to not meet each other, parallel versions of yourselves in the new universe would of course meet each other but that doesn't help you.
Some people seem to think that meeting a past or future self would be interesting, however it would be possible by careful creation of paradox situations to meet alternative equivalents to yourself. By building a time machine and then travelling back and forward again after disabling the device you would be able to come face to face with a near identical match to yourself.
If Time Travel is actually possible it may be possible to use this effect to build a matter replication device that would appear to produce perfect copies of anything placed into it. This like other forms of using time travel presented here does not go against the suggested law that no matter can exist in two different places at the same time, in all cases here the matter in question comes from a duplicate universe.
2006-06-23 20:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think I would just be relieved to know that I have a future to look forward to and enjoy the journey not knowing ahead of time what would happen.
2006-06-23 18:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by itsjustme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm i like this question...but im not sure what i woudl do! on one hand i would like to know if i get happy but then would it be good to ask that?i dont think i would ask too much about whats gonna happen! i dont think its good to know too much about the future!i read a few books about time traveling which i found very interesting...even though im not sure if timetraveling is really possible...i think all i would wanna know is if im happy....
good question!!!
2006-06-23 18:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by simi1808 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Am I going to retire by age 30?
2006-06-23 18:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by 120 IQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well I would only have one real question, does my life get better, worse or stay the same. I wouldn't want to much information, because the mystery of life makes it worth living.
2006-06-23 18:09:25 · answer #6 · answered by tarows_sorrow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Mcfly, why did i come back from the future
2006-06-23 18:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by Lar-Bear 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next weeks lottery numbers and when we get to colonise the moon
2006-06-23 18:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would 1st scream because that kinda scary then i would ask zillions of question like who will i marry which collage will i go to everything
2006-06-23 18:10:04 · answer #9 · answered by MiSS.SONAM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I would ask; How are my kids and my family
Then I would ask if and when my parents die, am I financially stable. Ask any questions that i can prevent.
2006-06-23 18:08:06 · answer #10 · answered by osubuckeye 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋