What would you choose ? & why ?

Question

choose one :
1. see how the world looked like before 2000 years.
2. see how the world will look like 2000 years from now
3. non of the above.

in 3 imeant that you won't either 1 or 2 , you just see the world in 2007

Answer 1

well...i think i would love to choose 1 because...you know i would get proofs of so many things that i have only read about and that sounds more appealing to me. to see the truth by my own eyes is a dream for me. Who knows the history about which i have knowledge about is completely true or not? and then some great incidents may have happened and would have been missed to be written on text...i would love to see that too. And i would love to see a greener, cleanlier, colourful world than what we have now. And then some animals even existed that time which are extinct now...i would love to see them too!...And i would love to see the children of that time...dunno why...but the idea of seeing the children of that time is really interesting...i wonder what kind of mindset they would have about their future?

i would love to go back 2000 yrs and see the world...anytime(provided that i am allowed to come back to my own time)
;)

Answer 2

Whether it's extra knowledge of the future or the past, I figure that knowledge in itself is almost always a good thing. So the idea of simply passing up a chance to see into the future or past seems ridiculous to me.

I have trouble believing in an absolute future or an absolute past, however. If everything was set and unchangable, it makes much of the challenge and struggle seem a bit pointless. It becomes a story that is told to a passive audience like a book rather than an interactive adventure like a video game. And that analogy helps me choose between past and future.

Because IF the future is set, then seeing how everything turns out in the end would be like skipping to the end of a mystery novel to find out who did it. This would be one of the exceptions to my above rule of thumb - knowing the answer deprives me of the opportunity and surprise of working it out myself.

And if the future is NOT set, then anything I find out there will be almost entirely pointless. My finding out about the future will be enough to change it... perhaps to something entirely different. I can think of numerous inventions that could have been made thousands of years earlier if someone had only thought of it or known its future significance. Not to mention all the other information that could be brought back, for better or worse.

So that leaves the past. In the past I would have less trouble maintaining the idea that what I was seeing was just information, and not necessarily some life-changing event. It's safer to me (and maybe everyone else) and still potentially fascinating. So number 1, undoubtedly.

Answer 3

As a mere observer, I must admit that #2 sounds awfully appealing!

Indeed, I am surprised at the number of people choosing #3. I would love to know what the future holds:

Does our continued global communication network lead to one primary global language?

Will we discover intelligent life outside of Earth?

Will Christianty remain a dominate religion? Will monotheism?

How will global warming affect different regions of the planet?

What direction will weapons technology take us?

Will mankind evolve in any appreciable way? How?

What will Coke's stockprice hit in 2000 years!?

...and so many more. Yup. Easy decision, without want of acting on anything learned.

To Doctor Y below: Seeing the future 2000 years from now is not at all like turning to the end of the book...unless you believe that the world ends in precisely 2000 years. It's more like turning to page 742 in an infinitely large book after having only read four pages.

And your ability to influence or even understand this point in time will be extremely limited due to your inability to interact with the world (remember this is only pure observation). However, I suspect that Plato would enjoy a strong through present-day NYC. If only to appreciate how much and how little life has changed in such a substantial (and yet insignificant amount of time)...even if he cannot comprehend why people talk to little boxes all the darned time!

Answer 4

I'd like to see the world 2000 years from now, as long as it didn't involve having to go there without knowing what the situation was, eg climate, oxygen levels etc - or if the world still actually existed.

If it was a case of that, or 2000 years ago - I would choose the past as I know it existed.

Answer 5

I would like to see how the world looked 2000 years before. I want to see Jesus too.

Answer 6

I would like to see it 2000 years from now. If I went into the past I would go further to Greece and met Plato and Socrates. Or I would go back to the early 1900's in London and see the industrial revolution come to be.

Answer 7

i will chose
2\see how the world WILL look like 2000 years from now to know the future of my grand childs

Answer 8

hypothetically, id choose 1.
i dont want to see how the world would look like in far future
but i do want to see how was the world without christianity.
during that time it wasnt established yet,
& if the date of Jesus' date is accurate-
i want to observe how drastic or subtle the emergance of the biggest religion occured.
i admit that im a skeptical person, my sense of doubt is as wide as my sense of wonder.. so it would help me understand how our Faith in Christ started-
& how it EVOLVED, without science backing it up.

this year wouldnt be a waste not 2 be spent..
there's always another year to come but never a chance
to see & experience the distant past
that i would never ever experience.

Answer 9

Hi MIra,

Definitely 2000 years from now.

We have had incredible technological advancement in the last 100 years. Just think what we have today versus what we had 100 years ago--in health care, entertainment, opportunity, mobility, . . .

Now, just imagine the next 2000 years. What we saw in Star Trek will be close to what we will be capable of. It will be one hell of a ride. I envy our descendants.

Answer 10

3. I'm fine with not knowing the future. I like to keep it a mystery. I don't care about seeing the past because it is done and over with. There's no point lingering in the past. I do know history repeats itself but still we are living life today in this present time. I'm content with that.