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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor

If your going to say hoax, don't bother to answer. If you have something intresting to say, I'd love to hear it!

2006-08-24 16:09:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

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Well if you've already convinced yourself that he isn't a hoax then there's really not much that can be said. But as Carl Sagan wisely noted, claims require proof, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

Reading the Wiki entry on Mr. Titor, it would seem that many of his "predictions" either haven't come true, or were so broadly worded that there was no way they couldn't be true.

For example, I will publicly and for the record predict that in the year 2037, Jews and Muslims will still hate each others' guts in the Middle East. Duh.

I would think that if he really was from the future and was intent on proving it, that he could do a much, much better job. For instance he could have brought some real technology from his time that indisputably could not have been created in our time. (Grainy pictures and amateurish drawings just don't cut it.) Or he could have brought with him sports scores, stock market data, and/or winning lottery numbers from the future; that kind of data would have strongly favored his claims, but for some reason he didn't see fit to do that.

And just WHY did he travel to the past? To retrieve some old 1975 computer to "check legacy programming" in the future? That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. What could a 1975 computer possibly do that a 2037 computer couldn't do a trillion times faster? You could even simulate a 1975 computer on a modern-day computer, no problem.

You don't want me to tell you it's all a hoax, so OK, I won't. Instead I'll just say that he's a nutcase who wants attention and fame. The True Believers, of course, will just keep on believing.

2006-08-24 16:34:27 · answer #1 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 2 0

Interesting. It should be pointed out that by observing the experiment in progress, John would have altered the outcome.

The Olympic paradox does not necessarily void the statements. This could possibly be explained by the steroid issue.

I like the idea of alternate universes. It could help explain the "Dark Matter" question. At present, mankind is so ignorant about time travel most of us too ignorant to even ask intelligent questions!

Reality could be perception. It is very possible the universe is actually a summation of the 5+ billion individual realities that exist on this planet plus any additional universe summations that potentially exist on any of the other planets in the universe. You can wonder about how much of your universe is also shared by Einstein, Sagan, and Hawkings.

2006-08-25 06:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by Paul K 6 · 0 0

First time to hear about John Titor, always thought time travelling is just occurring in Hollywood studios, thanx, something to read tonight

2006-08-24 16:20:53 · answer #3 · answered by alya m 3 · 1 0

Makes for a good story.

2006-08-24 16:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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