Do you think it's possible to time travel? Why or why not? I'm not sure on this one, I think that it might be possible. But the only thing that stands to reason, is how could it be, when if someone was to go back in time , it could very much alter the future?
2007-06-13 07:12:19 · 15 answers · asked by rachel t 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Time travel is not only possible; all humans are born with the ability to do so. The problem is that most humans have a misconception about time. Time does not occur as separate events creating a past, present, and future. There really is only one time... the "Moment Now". All things happen at the same time. No thing is separate from any other thing. That means for every Moment Now we experience, there is another "us" experiencing another aspect of our existence, (a past or a future if you will) except we have the awareness of experiencing only one aspect... the one we are experiencing at this moment. Time is not real, but rather a mental construct. To travel through time, all One has to do is raise their awareness to a level where One can experience a different Moment Now. Dreaming is one way this is done. Why do some dreams seem so real that you feel like they really happened? Because they did! You were visiting another aspect of your existence, one that was outside of your current awareness. And it was happening at the same time as your current awareness. Deja vu is another example. When you feel like you have experienced a certain event already, it's because you have, or maybe i should say are experiencing that event at the same time you are experiencing your current awareness. Your awareness has expanded to include your current one AND another one... at the same time! If you think about all events happening at the same time, not just to you, but everyone, you can see that time travel is just a matter of expanding your awareness. It does not require any machinery or technology, just your own awareness. Cool, huh? BTW, some indigenous cultures have known this and practiced it for millennia. They have even documented it, but for the most part, "modern" people have regarded it as the psychotic ramblings of "primitive" people.
2007-06-13 07:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by hstereo 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe time travel will ever be possible. The past no longer exists, and the future doesn't exist yet. How can you travel to a place that doesn't exist?
Plus, if humans of the future had visited the past, there would be some evidence of it somewhere. There's no way they could cover their tracks so well. To me, the complete absence of evidence of visitors from the future says that humans will never develop time travel.
Travelling into the past would be an extremely dangerous thing to do anyway, even if you could. The slightest thing you did could completely change history and create a future where you didn't even exist.
2007-06-13 14:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by Nature Boy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe time travel will ever be possible. There's way too much to overcome, not to mention just stepping foot in history would automatically alter the future, and we don't know how it would be altered. I think we will be able to break the light barrier for speed before we even get close to making a "time machine".
2007-06-13 14:26:01 · answer #3 · answered by theowlposse 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, time travel does not violate the laws of physics. In fact it happens all the time. (depending on what you mean by time travel) elimentary particles do it all the time!
People often miss the point that there is no concept of absolute time in the universe. Time is relative to the observer and his/her reference frame. Its called TIME DILATATION. As a body approaches the speed of light time slows. Search for the twins paradox, It will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.
"But the only thing that stands to reason, is how could it be, when if someone was to go back in time , it could very much alter the future?"
Haven't you seen "Back to the Future." ??
But more seriously. It is very unlikely that humans will be able to time travel. Some say that wormholes provide a method but to be able to control the curvature of space-time in such a fashion would require energies far greater than our sun produces.
HEY, IF YOUR REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS LEARN GENERAL RELATIVITY.
2007-06-13 14:16:12 · answer #4 · answered by kennyk 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I believe in the theory but it's not physically achieveable.
Yes. If it were possible, you can alter the future. Sit and watch Back to the Future 1-3 and they'll explain it all.
2007-06-13 14:24:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At present it is impossible
Why?
Man builds time machine, man uses time machine to go back in time to before he built the machine.
Paradox: the machine does not occupy space time before it was built, hence how can the man inside the machine exist before both existed?
Unless time is circular (we can go all the way to the future to arrive at the past), it is impossible.
If you can go back in time and decide to say kill a baby Hitler, would you prevent WW2? Probably.Would that future be your present, or would it become a parallel present?
Until we develop new physics to solve these questions, time travel will be impossible.
2007-06-13 14:27:11 · answer #6 · answered by Tsumego 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi. You could alter the future right now! Just do something, anything, and the future will be different than if you had not. Plant a tree!
2007-06-13 14:44:19 · answer #7 · answered by Cirric 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd like to elaborate on Kenny's response. In order to travel back in "linear time" one would have to supersede the speed of light, which we know cannot happen. Wormholes might be the answer, but again it is just conjecture.
2007-06-13 15:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by Susan R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know it's fun to think about. My mom loves any movie or book that has time travel.
2007-06-13 19:30:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ima Stressed Out 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I time travel every night when I go to sleep. When I wake up it's tomorrow!
2007-06-13 14:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by Astral Walker 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋