Has anyone not thought of the implications of polluting the timeline? One simple step might fuck up the universe as we know it. Also, everytime you travel in time, you would enter a brand new timeline.
Has anyone not thought of the implications of polluting the timeline?
Hmmmm. . . On the one hand we have Gibson girls and on the other hand we have pollution of the timeline. . . Well, I guess you can call me hungry Joe Hazelwood.
Jason, I was just thinking about Back to the Future...!! Probably because I watched all three yesterday when I was sick.
As for me, having just read a chapter in my AP European History class on the Franco-Prussian war, I'd probably go back sometime around then so I could meet Otto von Bismarck. That guy was a) a genius and b) totally badass.
I would go back to the year 1990 and make a bet at a casino on the Mike Tyson vs Buster Douglas flight. Put all my money on Buster Douglas. The odds were 45 to 1 that Tyson would win the flight. If you would bet a 1,000 dollars you would get back 45,000 dollars! I of course would put down 10,000 dollars on the flight..
I also would make bet on georgetown vs. Villanova in 1985 and NC State vs. Houston in 1983. One of College Basketballs great upsets.
I'd go back and watch the Hearns-Hagler fight first hand, meet all kinds of awesome dead people, and hoard ancient treasures in a secret island fortress.
I would want to go....no where. As interesting as previous times/places could be, I'd be completely bored and feel extremely lost without the electronic gadgets buzzing and whirring about me. Laptops, Computers, Gaming Consoles... It's been a long time since I've thought about "wouldn't it be cool to live then" and I never took this into account but in the past few years I've noticed just how dependent I've become on these things for my entertainment.
About the only option for me would be to go back and visit gargantuan libraries (I used to read books CONSTANTLY...now I just read the internets). Even then it likely wouldn't have the type of things that keep me entertained.
man...I'm just going to sit here for a bit now and daydream about what it'd be like to have no technologies to entertain me and/or keep me busy.
I believe (because I find it more probable) that the past is already set, and that by moving back you do something what you already did. Meaning that if you can't kill your father before you were born because then you'd never been born to go back in time (this paradox is know as the 'grandfather paradox'). If you tried and did kill someone back in the past, you probably killed someone else without knowing it. This means that you can see what you did before you did it.
Also, shaking your own hand 10 years ago will not make the universe explode. I don't exactly know how fast your cells die of and regenerate, but I know that in a month you are literally a new man (or woman) so your molecules don't match with the ones form 1 year ago.
What I'd do if I had a time machine is, I'd take a pirate and a ninja and let them fight (maybe a viking to... as reverie)
This would probably work out better if I changed the qustion to: What is you favorite historical era? That cuts out all the time machine paradox stuff.
I'd still go with the Edwardian Era. In my opinion, that was the peak of civilization.
I would like to go back to the Age of Enlightenment, ancient Greece and the middle east during the medieval period. However like hungryjoe if i had to live in the past it would have to be Victorian period Europe, before the decline of civilization the depression and world wars brought.
However like hungryjoe if i had to live in the past it would have to be Victorian period Europe, before the decline of civilization the depression and world wars brought.
Absolutely right. Even though I'd stay Edwardian, the difference is almost nil - unless you're talking about the early Victorian. Civilization and manners still prevailed. There was enough technology to be relatively comfortable, but not so much that it was unmanageable. Everything was user serviceable. If your flivver broke down, you stood a good chance of fixing it yourself even if you never had a class or even any experience. You could just take it apart and figure out how it works yourself.
Time machine: My first priority would probably travel through time meeting people who are dead now - authors, famous people, etc - to see what they are like and talk to them. After that, I would do the same as Rym - just flit around checking out all the awesome times in human history (in other words, nearly all of them) with special reference to European history and pre-Colombus America (just to see what it was like).
Favorite Era to Live - probably the same as you guys - 1870-1900 Britain/France. It has a nice combination of remaining natural areas and technology, and it would just be a cool time to live (assuming you were rich).
I'd much rather live in the 6th dimension as to be safe from any dangerous events that occur while I'm watching. It would also allow me to see all of everything in this universe at once, so I'd only need to be there for about 10 minutes.
I asked this question in my English class (this was a journal topic), and I wanted to see what you guys thought.
If you went into the future (Machine or some type of super-power), wouldn't it be constantly changing with the things of the past? Or is time already marked with a beginning and end, and we're just playing it out like some performance? Or, would said machine or power just take to you to the future of that modern point you traveled from?
And, to answer the already asked question, I'd probably do something along the lines of what Rym said, but because I'm easily distracted and such, I'd probably end up screwing around with my modern times, and I'd have to fix everything. Like Time Squad, except less suck, and more fun.
I don't think I'd necessarily have a home base at any one point in time. Whenever I went to a new time, I would scout out the greatest human paradise currently existing and conquer it for myself. That way, if I ever get stuck in a time I will always have a paradise-like base to retreat to.
This pretty much covers it for me. I'd probably go back to ancient Rome and bring a ton of flashlights, electronics, good food, and batteries. I would also wear a giant cosplay costume depicting me as an angel so the people would then see me as a god. With this as my influence, I would conquer the world with the power of the flashlight. After making ancient Rome my personal paradise, I would travel the world and see all the wonders of the past.
I'd see my future descendants and stay with them for awhile. Or I would take future tech and bring it back with me to use.
Have you read "The Man who Folded himself"? It's about a man who gets a time travel belt after his uncle died. It's a pretty nice read. Weird at some points *cough*sexwithselfbothmaleandfemale*cough*. But a nice read nonetheless.
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As for me, having just read a chapter in my AP European History class on the Franco-Prussian war, I'd probably go back sometime around then so I could meet Otto von Bismarck. That guy was a) a genius and b) totally badass.
Or maybe I'd go chat with Peter the Great.
I also would make bet on georgetown vs. Villanova in 1985 and NC State vs. Houston in 1983. One of College Basketballs great upsets.
About the only option for me would be to go back and visit gargantuan libraries (I used to read books CONSTANTLY...now I just read the internets). Even then it likely wouldn't have the type of things that keep me entertained.
man...I'm just going to sit here for a bit now and daydream about what it'd be like to have no technologies to entertain me and/or keep me busy.
Also, shaking your own hand 10 years ago will not make the universe explode. I don't exactly know how fast your cells die of and regenerate, but I know that in a month you are literally a new man (or woman) so your molecules don't match with the ones form 1 year ago.
What I'd do if I had a time machine is, I'd take a pirate and a ninja and let them fight (maybe a viking to... as reverie)
I'd still go with the Edwardian Era. In my opinion, that was the peak of civilization.
Steampunk rules!
Favorite Era to Live - probably the same as you guys - 1870-1900 Britain/France. It has a nice combination of remaining natural areas and technology, and it would just be a cool time to live (assuming you were rich).
If you went into the future (Machine or some type of super-power), wouldn't it be constantly changing with the things of the past? Or is time already marked with a beginning and end, and we're just playing it out like some performance? Or, would said machine or power just take to you to the future of that modern point you traveled from?
And, to answer the already asked question, I'd probably do something along the lines of what Rym said, but because I'm easily distracted and such, I'd probably end up screwing around with my modern times, and I'd have to fix everything. Like Time Squad, except less suck, and more fun.
I would go get some machine guns and take the fight to the Morlocks!