(name)Troy Devens
(emailaddy)t_devens@hotmail.com
(location)Iowa
I hope to someday visit the days of knights and kings and queens.
The era you speak of seems to hold a lot of fascination for many people! I might like to visit, but I certainly wouldn't want to live there.
Chuck
(name)Kathleen Moore
(emailaddy)kgallemo@gmu.edu
(location)Virginia
I believe that time travel is possible, but I also believe that it should happen. (I assume this is a "typo" & that you mean to say shouldn't)
Things have a natural order to things, and time travel would just disrupt that order. Imagine you go back in time to 1899 and order the last steak in a restaurant. That steak might have been meant for the next guy to try and order a steak and he was meant to choke and die on it. His death might have caused other things to happen through out time. The time traveler had just disrupted the order of things.
Things are already the way they are supposed to be and no one should disturb that.
Hi Kathleen. I do get your point! BUT ...
First I want to say that each moment moves toward disorder rather than order. Entropy seems to be the ultimate goal in our expanding universe (a universe in which each of our four percepted dimensions is [at least] a 25% "shareholder"). I speak of the second law of Thermodynamics which deals with the "arrow of time" as we experience it. To avoid going into detail, I'll simplify this statement.
Everything that happens requires energy. Energy is dissipated as heat. Heat increases the amount of disorder in our universe. Our memories are of the past (because of the "arrow of time"). Disorder increases with time. It all started with the Big Bang and has continued this way since then- nothing we can do about that. If there is to be a Big Crunch in the very far future, then beings opposite of ourselves will live life from death to birth and remember only future events.
What does this have to do with the steak? If you believe Quantum Theory is correct, then it simply doesn't matter. The instant you would travel into the past you are either creating an alternate timeline or fulfilling destiny. How do you know, as I had put it to an earlier respondent, that in the "grand scheme" of things, all actions aren't already accounted for? The only difference between my John A and John B characters is that John B has an option that John A didn't have. You see, John B REMEMBERED a visit from his "future self". How would you ever know that by eating the steak you prevented the invention of the Saturn V rocket. But you also ate it and the Saturn V rocket was invented. In a manyworlds situation- ALL CHOICES occurred! In a reality beside our own, you went back in time and ate the steak. In this reality, you didn't. The only thing that matters to YOU is your own personal timeline. If you had a time machine or timetraveling device, it would simply be a matter of choice for you. In my opinion, in the BIG PICTURE, reality is a SUBJECTIVE experience.
THANKS for taking the time!
Sorry to be so "windy" (and confusing?).
Chuck
(name)Bob Roloff
(emailaddy)vwbeetle74@hotmail.com
I like your page its interesting and has come great use in my chemistry project.
Thanks Bob. I'd be interested to find out how things work out. Any thoughts, BTW?
Chuck
(name)Brian P. Creech
(emailaddy)bc14738@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU
How does quantum physics theoretically allow the parallel universe theory?
The reason why I ask is b/c I saw some of his ramblings on his webpage and he claimed time travel through a black hole would only be to the future. I emailed him claiming that future time travel, in my opinion, is not possible, b/c as your homepage claims, the future hasn't happened. I went on to explain the whole parallel universe theory and he replied w/ "There is absolutely NO experimental data to give any credibilty to this theory."
It's not science, but science fiction" Pretty rude huh?
I thought that there was credibility, through quantum mechanics. At least that theoretically, through quantum mechanics, the parallel universe theory is viable and it does allow time travel to the past. I don't jack about quantum theory but, if you could explain how it allows the parallel universe theory I would greatly appreciate it.
Peace,
Brian
Hello, Brian.
Not that it matters, but you neglected to mention who you discussed this with. I was just curious because you talk as if I'm familiar with "him".
OK, anyway, I'll try to be brief and tackle what I believe here, FYI. First, let me impress upon you that I am NOT a physicist. But in this topic, I am of the opinion that it matters NOT since anything currently considered must be categorized as speculation; even if it is EDUCATED speculation.
OF COURSE there is no experimental data! As far as we know publicly, timetravel is not currently possible in this timeline! The only published work is nothing more than educated conjecture.
Mathematical physics CANNOT preclude the possibility of a "manyworlds" theory. In fact, we all can thank the science fiction writers for the leaning interest of physics in developing quantum theory.
The world of quantum physics has taken a very hardcore look into the behavior of particles at the subatomic level. What they have discovered is that the RANDOM behavior of these particles seem to be governed by rules of PROBABILITY! Simply put, ANY and ALL possible outcomes are equally possible for reality, making any outcome just as real as the reality we experience. It is speculated ( that's where the word THEORY comes into play) that an infinite number of UNIVERSES (worldlines/timelines) CAN and DO occur!- non accessible and non viewable existences PARALLEL to the reality we experience.
Try to visualize, in two dimensions, universes beside each other running parallel. The differences are subtle the closer the parallel universe is to the one we experience and increases the further apart they are. Universe 1 and Universe 2 are nearly identical, the only difference is a particle of dust has been blown one centimeter further on the sixth planet in a system in the Hydra cluster. Everything we experience here on Earth is identical. However, in Universe 894,345,622,121,503, Earth never evolved as a lifebearing planet... and EVERYTHING and ANYTHING in between and after and so on... I realize this is a ridiculous example, but the reasoning is sound and portrays a remarkable variance.
QUANTUM MECHANICS is soley based on a RANDOM "CHOICE" that occurs at the subatomic level. The first big problem for physicists was to determine whether light is a WAVE or a PARTICLE. Guess what they have PROVEN? It is BOTH! Without going into absurd detail explaining how they proved it, I'll tell you of the simple test that SECURED quantum theory- YOU can do it yourself. Take a piece of cardboard, poke ANY NUMBER of holes in it, position it a short distance from a wall; take a flashlight and shine it on the cardboard. What happens? You know, of course. The light went through all the holes and shone on the wall behind it (seemingly instantaneous to you- the observer). But what really happened was the probability of the light action was taken. Light is photonic, so what's an electron to do? Why didn't they all just go through one hole? In essence, their behavior was tested and they responded as reasonably expected. The electrons obeyed STATISTICAL PROBABILITY RULES by "choosing" which hole to go through. It was an OPTION at the subatomic level! Granted, the outcome was VERY probable- that is to say it was more likely that they would behave this way, but there is NOTHING in theory that can prove they do not act at random when faced with all the alternatives that are available to them!
WAVE/PARTICLE DUALITY has been PROVEN by a simpler version called the DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT.
Basically we have learned from quantum theory, AND THIS IS A FACT, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, but MOST THINGS ARE RATHER UNLIKELY!
I hope that helps some. My mind is pretty well drained at this point as it is after 4AM! :)
Chuck
