It makes sense once you think about it a bit. If there are time machines created in the future, then you would think that those people would be here, but they are not. So does that mean that a time machine will never be created?
2007-03-08 02:46:52 · 23 answers · asked by Cori 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Time machines are a lot more complex then you think.
Theoretically Going to the future is almost feasible, but going back to the past is much more complex then reversing polarity and poof, there you go.
Going to the future is like this, first you need a "container" of some sort that can withstand speeds that range from 1,000,000 times faster then the speed of light and more. Then you need and almost infinite source of energy to fuel it.
So think "Back to the future", you have a car that can withstand speeds of high velocity's and an infinite source of energy, the only direction to go is forward, energy expands and pushes forwards not backwards.
Once you have those then time travel to the future is possible.
Going back in time is not the opposite of this.
Going back in time might only be an unreachable dream.
Hope this helps a little
2007-03-08 03:12:45 · answer #1 · answered by infiniteson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your observation makes sense if the time traveler comes back at a moment where you are present. Otherwise any time line alterations would occur prior to your knowledge of the time traveler being present so you wouldnt have proof that they were a time traveler even if they said that they were.
Same goes if the time traveler appears in the "future" for each of you because it would be the original meeting that you would have with them when you do. Any effects created from a meeting of this person prior would be present at the second meeting of the time traveler (whereas it would then actually be considered the first meeting). Kinda like meeting someone in a bar and not remembering them when they come up to you later.
Therefore the only way you would know about a time machine would be for you to travel into the future with one that you create and observe the world in a different time line. And again anyone (*other than yourself) you meet would be hard to convince that you were from the past and an actual time traveler. Any events you could tell them about are history and any events in the future would only be speculation, although it would be cool if your memory was excellent. I would imagine though that if you had too much information on sensitive current events in the future that you may be held in a "special" government facility to gleen you for the knowledge you do have! You will be wearing a hospital gown and drooling on yourself before its over with.
I wouldnt suggest building it anytime soon.
*And a chance or intended meeting with yourself could create a time paradox that could jeapordize the entire space time continium!
Great Scott Marty!
2007-03-08 03:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by N Shan C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh they already are here, and history is full of instances of people who could only have come from the future, but you would never know it because time travelers are aware of the "Butterfly Effect" which says that if you travel to the past and kill a single butterfly, you can effect the future, so time travelers are very careful about being obvious or interactions with people in the past.
I have always believed that Nicoli Tesla was a time traveler... look him up and you will see what I mean.
I also believe that the MASSIVE social engineering that the U.S. Government has been fostering on the American people for the past 40 to 50 years is a direct result of a time travel machine this government has which was developed from the basic research that brought about the Philidelphia Experiment. and that a time traveler into the future back in the 1940's saw how America had become, then returned to his own time period and started a massive social change program that is now called 'pop culture'
2007-03-08 03:00:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.) Why do we assume time travelers AREN'T here right now? If you traveled back in time, do you think anyone would take you seriously if you said you were from the future?
2.) Why do we assume our time would be interesting enough to visit from the perspective of time travelers? Why do you say 'you would think that those people would be here.'
3.) Why do we assume a time traveler would be able to go into the past? Some theories say its possible, other theories say its only possible to go into the future and others still say the entire idea is impossible. This is why they are theories of science rather than laws of science. There are VERY few laws of science for this reason.
Not to say it is possible or impossible or that it has happened or anything else. However, lack of evidence that something is possible isn't proof that its impossible. Conversely, lack of evidence that something is impossible isn't proof that it is possible.
Example: If you have only seen red tomatoes in your life, is that proof that all tomatoes are red or is it just proof that tomatoes indeed come in a red color. Or is it proof from a gardener's perspective that simply have never seen a green or yellow tomato?
2007-03-08 03:39:51 · answer #4 · answered by Justin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, it is nice to have a time machine, just like in the movies we see! But before you can create time machine, you must answer two important questions:
1. What is time? Is it real, or just our concept to understand the reality?
2. How does the time work? Are there lots of series of our history? If so, then does it mean the world we live in is a fatalistic deterministic world, i.e. everything has been determined and everything is going to predetermined end, thus free will never exist? Are we universal puppets? Can we jump to one 'history' to another 'history'?
Of course there are lots of more questions you can ask regarding this matter. But time is more complicated than Hollywood, or even scientists, tell us. For me time machine is only a story in comics and movies. It is good to read them in our leisure times, but not for serious times.
2007-03-08 03:30:27 · answer #5 · answered by r083r70v1ch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, since the future has not yet happened, it is impossible to travel from there to here. However, since the past has existed (or occured) it is possible to travel in that direction only. Which contradicts the theory that, If I travel into the past, could I return home to the future? Because technically, it hasen't yet existed, even though you know it has. WOW! That hurt my brain!
Thats a very good question though and, I don't know if I would want them to come here anyway. It'd be just my luck that the future ruler of the Earth would be some Rap artist, and thats exactly how they talk. Lord help us all! *smile*
2007-03-08 03:02:24 · answer #6 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
over an infinite time line there would be an infinite number of time machines. So if some one built a time machine and tried to travel back in time... another time machine would be traveling back to the same time and place and therefore canceling out the existence of each other before they could actually arrive there.
2007-03-08 04:53:49 · answer #7 · answered by PØstapØc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people in the future will not come back in time and teach us how to make time machines - because they do not want us travelling into the future and screwing it up!
2007-03-09 10:13:40 · answer #8 · answered by blah hah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question... my STAR for it!!
Good logic... looks like you may well have predicted one thing about the future..... just wait.... is it not possible that the machines with the travellers are here with us and it is just that we can't see or hear or feel them because we are not on the time machine?
2007-03-08 02:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it means that you can not create a time machine, except in imagination !
2007-03-08 03:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋