The_Rev Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm travelling through time right now at a speed of one second per second. I think is accepted that it is possible to change that speed of one second per second in theory. Ten pounds to the man who invents an affordable and practical means of achieving that change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaretMahoney Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Don't think it would be possible as it is portrayed in films and books. I think that if that was the case then we would have people being 'teleported' into our backyards and shit like that. HOWEVER, a better question to ask is, what would you DO if and what time period you would GO TO if you could travel into the future or the past?? I think I know where I would go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaretMahoney Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I'm travelling through time right now at a speed of one second per second. I think is accepted that it is possible to change that speed of one second per second in theory. Ten pounds to the man who invents an affordable and practical means of achieving that change. I'll take that 10 quid now Rev... My wy to time travel is simple. 3 shots tequila, 3 shots of rum, and 2 ales. Next thing I know it's 7am and I've time traveled. Beat that shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 travel to the future is possible yes, but i cant see it being possible for a way back, barring einstein rosen bridges actually turning out to be both stable and traversible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I think is accepted that it is possible to change that speed of one second per second in theory only for the observer, not for the affected person in question afaik gravity plays a fairly massive part in how fast time passes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 My head. Too much for an early morning. I said no, though. But what the f**k do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 i think its theoretically possible. whether we can ever make theory in reality is the big question. it may take us a few thousand years before we acheive it. After all, we have only been in the technological era for around 150 years, we have only had electricity for around 100 years. We will invent a lot more things in the next few thousand years, which will seem impossible to us now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 There was a thread just the other day about a guy working on a time machine based on that theory. The idea is you can bend time back on itself so you could travel back in time but only as far as the point at which the time machine was invented and time was bent. i posted the theory in the thread the other wek ... I had read it in a magazine years ago and just remembered it do you have a link to it as i wouldn't mind reading it again ... Here is the story here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jondaken Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's a mind boggler for sure. Isn't it already possible though, in a very different way? I'm talking about those satellite photographs that show pictures of supernovas and whatnot from billions of years ago. That's nto time travel though, that's light travel. Comparable to looking at your TV of some recorded programme. If you look at your hand, you arent seeing your hand as it is now, you're seeing it as it was 0.0000000000000000....000..0001 seconds ago. As for is it possible? Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 No idea, although I have heard that the invisibility cloak they use in Harry Potter would actually be possible to make. Totally different thing but I think that is also amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's a mind boggler for sure. Isn't it already possible though, in a very different way? I'm talking about those satellite photographs that show pictures of supernovas and whatnot from billions of years ago. That's nto time travel though, that's light travel. Comparable to looking at your TV of some recorded programme. If you look at your hand, you arent seeing your hand as it is now, you're seeing it as it was 0.0000000000000000....000..0001 seconds ago. As for is it possible? Not a chance. But I would argue that is in itself a form of time travel. Looking at a spot as it was 1 billionth of a second ago is no different to looking at a spot as it was 2000 years ago when Jesus was preaching for example. In either case we are observing the past. We will probably never be able to interact with the past but we may be able to observe it at periods of longer ago than 1 billionth of a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdjr Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 no because "time" is merely the term humans gave to explain the movement of matter throughout the universe. The world simply "is", the idea of past and future exist only in the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Don't think it would be possible as it is portrayed in films and books. I think that if that was the case then we would have people being 'teleported' into our backyards and shit like that. HOWEVER, a better question to ask is, what would you DO if and what time period you would GO TO if you could travel into the future or the past?? I think I know where I would goDo you think you should flag that as NSFW. Clicking on the link gives a mnessage that your ipd address is logged and you are reported. Nice one fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 If you did work at work you'd never have clicked on any link^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I've Traveled on Chillitern Trains too. They made every second seem an hour, and it felt like I was travelling in 1977. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambles Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Of course it will be possible. I'm working on a flux capacitor as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Its funny you should start this thread I was having exactly the same conversation with Hitler just the other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 1, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2009 Ever since tomorrow I've had no sense of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 It's a mind boggler for sure. Isn't it already possible though, in a very different way? I'm talking about those satellite photographs that show pictures of supernovas and whatnot from billions of years ago. That's nto time travel though, that's light travel. Comparable to looking at your TV of some recorded programme. If you look at your hand, you arent seeing your hand as it is now, you're seeing it as it was 0.0000000000000000....000..0001 seconds ago. As for is it possible? Not a chance. But I would argue that is in itself a form of time travel. Looking at a spot as it was 1 billionth of a second ago is no different to looking at a spot as it was 2000 years ago when Jesus was preaching for example. In either case we are observing the past. We will probably never be able to interact with the past but we may be able to observe it at periods of longer ago than 1 billionth of a second. every time you look at the sky at night youre seeing the past doesnt make your eyes a time machine though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 1, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted October 1, 2009 I don't think it's possible as has been said by few people, the past has happened and ceased to exist, only existing in our memory and in the effects of itself on the present. Having said that, and on a similar train of thought, if it were to be possible, then I suspect that it would be made so by a machine being made that effectively recorded reality, that would allow someone to step back to precise moment of this machines memory. Hell, it may not even be a machine, could just be a person. Although in both cases whether you'd call that time travel as such is a different matter. You'd be travelling in time by logging into a memory, a bit like the characters in the Matrix loading into the Matrix. I suppose you could alter things whilst there but also wouldn't be capable of overly affecting the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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