(name)Dale A Lutz
(name)Boris
(name)Big Dan
(emailaddy)dalelutz@hotmail.com
(location)VA - US
My but this is some good stuff!
Ok, I Do have a few comments if I can put them into words
properly. First, I love your idea that one can move
backward but not fore. The concept of parallel timelines bugs
me, not because this is an invalid idea, but just too
convenient. 'Ok folks, All pardoxes are now solved. Nothing
to see here, move along.' It would also require infinity
where I simply prefer a finite universe, that wraps back
in on itself, but is at least finite.
First scenario - backward time travel is possible, but not forward because future does not yet exist. In this case, since time travel is possible, it is done. That much is inevitable.
Another concept is the big crunch and that is caused by gravity
acting between particles of matter. Traveling back in time therefore adds matter from the 'future to the past, accellerating the collapse of the universe and since time travel will be discovered and attempted (successully) Near-infinitely many times, the Big Crunch will have occured almost instantaneously after the Big Bang - and with far more material than was initially created in the Big Bang event.
-or- Time travel forward IS possible and moving backward required an equal quantity of material moved forward (and vice-versa), a mutual transfer Therefore: If travel one way is possible, travel the other way is required. QED
And now on to contamination - this is absolutely inevitable
simply by displacing the matter that would otherwise have
occupied the space occupied by the time traveler - The argument
about the buterfly in South America contributing to the Tsunami
in Indonesia, no matter how small the effect, there will be an
effect. It should not be too difficult to construct a story
around the premise that our time traveler had a cold sore
when traveling back sixty-five million years to observe
dinosaurs, then traveled forward one year in order to observe
thier nesting habits. He finds that all of the dinosaurs are
dying of a disease caused by stray herpes simplex germs.
a) Dinosaurs have no immunity to the germ because it is a
mamalian disease that never existed before, and
b) This is the event that brought the germ into being in the first place.
Sorry this is so long winded, theres lots more to discuss too.
Another time.
Welcome in, Dale. Yes, it's definitely intriguing speculation.
Parallel timelines too convenient? Probably so, but this is an event in nature. In addition, if it weren't for them, PARADOX would be inevitable, which probably would not allow for timetravel.
Big Crunch/Big Bang- From a non linear perspective, events separated by large periods of time would be instantaneous.
Matter displacement- If it's going to happen, then it already has from a non linear viewpoint and the EXTRA or MISSING matter is already "accounted for". This almost argues against free will, but you make a good point.
Dinosaurs- I really like your example here. It has a twist on the "Free Lunch Syndrome". A very good point again and VERY LIKELY!
Thanks for stopping by, Dale!
Chuck
(emailaddy)belovarski@aol.com
(location)NM, USA
Dear Friend:
Looking for all possible information on the subject of TIME TRAVEL-
I was glad to find your page and print out everything you offer -- to the last scratch.
Here I want to thank you and invite you to make link exchanges. You may use any banner, image, or animation from our new site.Thanks a million!!!
Boris ^i^
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Dr. Borislav Belovarski, Ph.D.
TIMESHIP MOVIE PROJECT
Boris,
I have just begun to look at your site & I'm impressed.
Specifically, I've looked at your life history and it appears life has thrown you some serious obstacles- all of which you've remarkably struggled through and triumphed over. GOOD FOR YOU!
I'll check it out in it's entirety in the very near future.
A link follows at the end of your text above. I will also add a hyperlink directly off my essay page.
Keep up the GREAT work & stay in touch!
Chuck
(emailaddy)bigdan@mich.com
(location)Detroit, Michigan
I have to tell you, Chuck, yours is the most inspiring investigation into time travel I have read in a very, very long time.
I have been a huge follower of the concept of time travel for many years.
I am currently working on a fictional effort that uses the concept of time travel as the backbone for the story. In writing the back-story for this effort, I have had many endless struggles with timelines, paradoxes and what-if scenarios. It has become my opinion that time travel into the future is very much possible, in fact, equally so as time travel into the past. It is my thought that because the dimension of time itself is always constant - as are the other known three dimensions that make up our living galaxies - that to travel down the "linear" future timeline, would not be any different than going into the past. Interaction with the people, places and things would be possible, just as it would to kill your own grand-father and spoil the possibility of your existence in the future. I feel that a paradox would very much become a part of time travel. We could not possibly get around it, quite frankly.
In my story, a character goes into the future, spends many years there and then returns at the exact point he left. The future he went to did not have any record of him because he disappeared from his original point of departure. (Of course, his return trip
caused a paradox in the future, because he would then exist once again at that original point, where he left.) It is my belief that everything he then does after his return, would reshape the future he went to see, causing more and more paradoxes as the days passed. If he were to choose to shoot off into the future
a second time, he would find it to be very different than the first trip, due to the alterations made due to his return to his original point in time from his first time travel trip. To sum this mess all up, I feel that the future is constantly changing as we make our way down that "linear" timeline.
This is not to say that I believe our lives our predestined or the significant dates in history are preplotted, but I do believe that if time travel were to be possible, as we soared up and down the timeline, those dates would change and adapt as paradoxes occurred, due to our changing of events in our future and past histories. The timeline would ripple foreward, based on
changing events.
Now, do I believe that if you killed your grand-father in the past, could you return to exist in the future? It is my belief that time with you is always "present" and constant. Unlike the "Back to the Future" trilogy that relied on vanishing pictures and newspaper headlines to show the affects a paradox would have, I feel that killing your grand-father in the past would not affect you presently. In fact, I would go so far as to believe that returning to your point of departure would leave you to find that you do not exist in that time in history, but you do exist in mind, body and soul. A man without a name. You were never born. You would be a living, breathing paradox. How about that for a mind-bender? You're alive, but you've
never been born. A man without a past... but you could make a future. Time does not own us, therefore, this theory could be possible.
Take a second look at it, though. Suppose you got bored of living without a past now, so you decide to go back and stop yourself from killing your grand-father. Could you? I think you could. Let's say you talk yourself out of it. When you
return again to your original point in time, are things back to normal? I believe they would be. But what about that ripple effect? If you stop yourself from killing your grand-father, would the first you that tried to do it in the first place even make a second trip to stop the first you? No. Because that
future doesn't exist any longer. The timeline rippled to erase that reality. So how did you know to do it? Because that reality existed once before... to your present self. Nothing changes in your present place in time. The timeline changes all around you. Just because the moment no longer exists when you decided to go back in time for a second trip to stop yourself from the first
trip, does not mean it did not happen. It happened. But now that moment does not exist because you changed the timeline again. You still exist, and you retain all of the memories of all those trips. But in history - future and past history - they never existed.
Paradoxes may very well exist all over the timeline, but I don't think it would destroy the very fibers that hold the universe together I think paradoxes would just ripple the timeline and we would retain the memories - in some manner - of those "lost" moments that are absorbed as the timeline changes due to our actions. Perhaps, that is what deja vu is? Perhaps it is us remember something the timeline forgot. How intriguing is that?
Thanks for giving me a moment to voice my thoughts...
BD
Hi Big Dan,
Your ideas for your timetravel story are definitely intriguing.
I'm glad you posted your ideas for it because that's what my site is all about; people from different backgrounds sharing & pooling their ideas on the subject. That's exactly why I posted my essay; to get these kinds of discussions, ideas and interactions started.
I wish you the very best in getting your project published ( I assumed that was your intention)!
Glad to hear from you anytime in the FUTURE!
Chuck
