Devil_666
Super Freak
Ok.. here we go.
Traveling into the Future:
My idea differs significantly from most Sci-Fi, movie concepts of this. In most instances i.e. Back To The Future, etc. a person can travel to the future and see themselves. So 30 yrs. into the future, and they can see how they ended up and what they're doing.
NO.
For me, time travel would not work like that. For me, if you were to travel 30 yrs. into the future, this is what would happen:
You would arrive and find that for YOU, the trip would appear to be instantaneous. Mere seconds. But in reality and for everyone else, 30 normal years of time had passed. And in those 30 years YOU would've been missing. Missing since the day you traveled into the future. You would find people astonished that 1) you were actually alive and 2) that you hadn't aged. Everyone would obviously be curious as to where you were. You wouldn't see yourself like in most movies etc. For everyone else, you would've disappeared 30 years ago.
Traveling into the Past:
"The same matter can't occupy the same space".
So if you're 20 years old for instance, traveling into the past anytime within those 20 years + conception time (embryo) you would take over that form. So if you're 20 yrs. old and you travel 15 years into the past, you would end up in your 5 year old body BUT with your "present day" mentality. This would occur only within your age frame i.e. if you're 20 years old and travel back 30 years into the past, you would appear as your current self.
I actually agree with The Entity on this. His idea is better and makes more sense.
"What if you traveled back in time and killed your grandfather?"
Then your "identity" would cease to exist in the present. But not YOU. You wouldn't magically disappear or anything like that. You would simply find that when you returned to the present, your family would no longer exist and POSSIBLY, even your family name no longer existed. No one would know who you were and there would be no record of your existence. No fingerprints on file, no birth certificate etc. You'd be unknown. But alive. So that act WOULD make you cease to exist.. but not physically like is the case in most movies.
Thoughts?
Traveling into the Future:
My idea differs significantly from most Sci-Fi, movie concepts of this. In most instances i.e. Back To The Future, etc. a person can travel to the future and see themselves. So 30 yrs. into the future, and they can see how they ended up and what they're doing.
NO.
For me, time travel would not work like that. For me, if you were to travel 30 yrs. into the future, this is what would happen:
You would arrive and find that for YOU, the trip would appear to be instantaneous. Mere seconds. But in reality and for everyone else, 30 normal years of time had passed. And in those 30 years YOU would've been missing. Missing since the day you traveled into the future. You would find people astonished that 1) you were actually alive and 2) that you hadn't aged. Everyone would obviously be curious as to where you were. You wouldn't see yourself like in most movies etc. For everyone else, you would've disappeared 30 years ago.
Traveling into the Past:
"The same matter can't occupy the same space".
So if you're 20 years old for instance, traveling into the past anytime within those 20 years + conception time (embryo) you would take over that form. So if you're 20 yrs. old and you travel 15 years into the past, you would end up in your 5 year old body BUT with your "present day" mentality. This would occur only within your age frame i.e. if you're 20 years old and travel back 30 years into the past, you would appear as your current self.
Yeah, I don't really believe in the "same matter, same space" principle. (No offense)
The way I look upon time travel is like an actual travel. Instead of going somewhere, I would go "somewhen" and it wouldn't change anything to the past I've already experienced.
The way your describing travelling back in time is more like a travelling back of the conscience. So where would my 23 year old body go?
I'm thinking the moment I travel back, is the moment I disappear from this time, and appear in the other time, the way I left. As a 23 year old.
There would be no problem in meeting my 8 year old self, since he (I) probably wouldn't recognize me anyway.
Now it is something else if I decided to travel back a year or so. My 22 year old self would recognize me, which (if there's no way to convince my 22 year old self that time travel is actually possible) could result in , I don't know, psychological issues which would probably immediately affect my 23 year old time travelling self too... So there are dangers in my theory too, but nothing like being erased from time or something like that
I actually agree with The Entity on this. His idea is better and makes more sense.
"What if you traveled back in time and killed your grandfather?"
Then your "identity" would cease to exist in the present. But not YOU. You wouldn't magically disappear or anything like that. You would simply find that when you returned to the present, your family would no longer exist and POSSIBLY, even your family name no longer existed. No one would know who you were and there would be no record of your existence. No fingerprints on file, no birth certificate etc. You'd be unknown. But alive. So that act WOULD make you cease to exist.. but not physically like is the case in most movies.
Thoughts?
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