• My theory on why Time Travel is impossible.
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Why I think timetravel won't work [img]http://k.min.us/jnAEyG.png[/img]
isnt time just a way of measuring gaps between events i mean we use events themselves as a way of measuring time a day basically equals the time it takes for the sun to rotate once on its axis, event a year is bascially the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun once, event essentially an organizational tool to sequence the chronology of events and determine the expanse of what happens in between each event i understand that time also has physical significance, but when looking at a clock its just an organizational planning and recording tool
you know nothing about the future, all you know is that is hasn't happened yet.
To Conclude: Disregard everything the OP said. [editline]14th May 2011[/editline] Thread music. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjgpuib_8Kw[/media]
[QUOTE=Mr. Kobayashi;29824111]Why I think timetravel won't work [img_thumb]http://k.min.us/jnAEyG.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Not to mention the rate the solar system is moving through the solar system. And the velocity of the galaxy. Time isn't just a way of measuring gaps between events. People thought (and some still do) that time time is neither an event nor a thing, and thus is not itself measurable nor can it be travelled, ie entirely human constructed. People believed this because we didn't have experimentally verified theories which regard time as a fundamental part or dimension of space, and so when you talk about, say, yesterday, you are talking about the temporal position of things.
I hate when people say time is a human construction or everything is happening at the same time or whatever the fuck. That's like saying everything exists in the same spot. It's blatantly untrue. Time just measures distance on a different axis than space does. A second is like the meter of a timelike interval.
Predestination, meaning the idea that everything will happen along a set course predictable through physics, is false. Not because of some magic property of so-called free will, but because quantum mechanics plays merry hell with being able to predict anything in the universe.
[QUOTE=catbarf;29831681]Predestination, meaning the idea that everything will happen along a set course predictable through physics, is false. Not because of some magic property of so-called free will, but because quantum mechanics plays merry hell with being able to predict anything in the universe.[/QUOTE] We're not positive of that yet.
[QUOTE=ksenior;29709586]You are not a scientist, you do not know what you're talking about[/QUOTE] It's ignorant to think you have to be a scientist to form a thesis. But, of course, that doesn't change the fact that OP is dumb.
[QUOTE=gamefreek76;29832228]It's ignorant to think you have to be a scientist to form a thesis. But, of course, that doesn't change the fact that OP is dumb.[/QUOTE] You don't have to be a scientist, but you should support the tenets of the scientific method.
[QUOTE=Mr. Kobayashi;29824111]Why I think timetravel won't work [img_thumb]http://k.min.us/jnAEyG.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] If you're smart enough to build a time machine, I'm pretty sure you're gonna be smart enough to coordinate your destination.
[QUOTE=gamefreek76;29832282]If you're smart enough to build a time machine, I'm pretty sure you're gonna be smart enough to coordinate your destination.[/QUOTE] Or you could just fly out and pick the time machine up in the future.
:psyduck: time theory confuses me.
[QUOTE=Mr. Kobayashi;29824111]Why I think timetravel won't work [url]http://k.min.us/jnAEyG.png[/url][/QUOTE] Purely a technical problem. [editline]15th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Contag;29831297]Time isn't just a way of measuring gaps between events. People thought (and some still do) that time time is neither an event nor a thing, and thus is not itself measurable nor can it be travelled, ie entirely human constructed.[/QUOTE] Ugh. It's a necessary measure. [QUOTE=Contag;29831297]People believed this because we didn't have experimentally verified theories which regard time as a fundamental part or dimension of space, and so when you talk about, say, yesterday, you are talking about the temporal position of things.[/QUOTE] Special Relativity? It treats time as a dimension and in 4D-spacetime things look like you just have described it.
[QUOTE=aVoN;29836522] Ugh. It's a necessary measure. Special Relativity? It treats time as a dimension and in 4D-spacetime things look like you just have described it.[/QUOTE] I'm aware of that? I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Once more :v: I know, I was talking about the classical Grecian and Hindu thought which has (relatively) recently been reiterated by Kant, in that it is 'unreal' and purely a result of the mind, as opposed to something which is just as real as the distance between my head and this screen.
I like how Op got 109 boxes, and the first poster got 109 agree's. Says enough...
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