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Imagine you had a Time Machine and could revisit any moment in history (or the future even), where would you go and why? And would there be any moments in history you'd like to change?
I'd like to go back to the time of Jesus (and the beginnings of all other religions while I'm at it). Prove once and for all that it really is just a bunch of fairy tales. |
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I'd like to go back to the time of Jesus (and the beginnings of all other religions while I'm at it). Prove once and for all that it really is just a bunch of fairy tales."
Imagine how you'd feel if you are wrong though......  |
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I don't mean to be difficult but the laws of physics as I understand them state that it is only possible to travel *forwards* in time, and not to a point before the time machine was created.
You might, otherwise, go back in time, kill Jeezuz and cause a paradox, unraveling the whole future. |
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"I don't mean to be difficult but the laws of physics as I understand them state that it is only possible to travel *forwards* in time, and not to a point before the time machine was created.
You might, otherwise, go back in time, kill Jeezuz and cause a paradox, unraveling the whole future. "
This is what we call 'The Terminator Syndrome'. |
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"I have just come back to 18 August 2015 at 14:11. a moment famous in history as the day a post on a sex site inspired the first time machine. "
Yeah I watched you do that next week,,,, |
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I'd like to go back to the time of Jesus (and the beginnings of all other religions while I'm at it). Prove once and for all that it really is just a bunch of fairy tales.
Imagine how you'd feel if you are wrong though...... "
what the fuck  where did he get those fish and loaves from jesus christ!
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I'd like to go back to the time of Jesus (and the beginnings of all other religions while I'm at it). Prove once and for all that it really is just a bunch of fairy tales.
Imagine how you'd feel if you are wrong though......
what the fuck where did he get those fish and loaves from jesus christ!
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Was it Morrisons... |
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I can't think of a specific moment in time, but if I could go back and see anything I'd like, then I would want to spend a day in Rome at the height of the Roman Empire. Of course, for this to work, I would also hope to be in the guise of a Roman man at the time. 
-Courtney |
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"I don't mean to be difficult but the laws of physics as I understand them state that it is only possible to travel *forwards* in time, and not to a point before the time machine was created.
You might, otherwise, go back in time, kill Jeezuz and cause a paradox, unraveling the whole future.
This is what we call 'The Terminator Syndrome'. "
Instead of killing all the Sarah Connor's they'd kill all the people called Jesus?
There would be genocide in South America  |
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"I don't mean to be difficult but the laws of physics as I understand them state that it is only possible to travel *forwards* in time, and not to a point before the time machine was created.
You might, otherwise, go back in time, kill Jeezuz and cause a paradox, unraveling the whole future.
This is what we call 'The Terminator Syndrome'.
Instead of killing all the Sarah Connor's they'd kill all the people called Jesus?
There would be genocide in South America "
From Urban Dictionary:
Jesus:
The dude who mows my lawn.
Use: "Jesus, you missed a spot." |
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"If I had a time machine, I'd probably go back in time, trade for something obscure, and travel back to sell it for stupid money and keep doing that"
What would you do with the money....? |
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"I can't think of a specific moment in time, but if I could go back and see anything I'd like, then I would want to spend a day in Rome at the height of the Roman Empire. Of course, for this to work, I would also hope to be in the guise of a Roman man at the time.
-Courtney"
Et tu Courtney? |
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"I can't think of a specific moment in time, but if I could go back and see anything I'd like, then I would want to spend a day in Rome at the height of the Roman Empire. Of course, for this to work, I would also hope to be in the guise of a Roman man at the time.
-Courtney
Et tu Courtney? "
Vis venitis mecum? |
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Don't let Funky see this! "
He's not getting a go on mine!
In answer to the OP's question the first thing I did when construction of my time machine was complete was to travel back to 1840 to Leiden, Holland to warn French botanist Charles Lucien Bonaparte to not invent the greenhouse. The gasses coming from greenhouses are killing this planet. The cunt wouldn't listen. |
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"22nd November 1963, Dallas, in the grassy knoll opposite the Texas School Book Depository."
and you would see a CIA agent hanging out of a window with a rifle
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"If I had a time machine, I'd probably go back in time, trade for something obscure, and travel back to sell it for stupid money and keep doing that
What would you do with the money....? "
I dunno. Probably buy a country |
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"If I had a time machine, I'd probably go back in time, trade for something obscure, and travel back to sell it for stupid money and keep doing that
What would you do with the money....?
I dunno. Probably buy a country"
What would you do with your country...? |
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"I don't mean to be difficult but the laws of physics as I understand them state that it is only possible to travel *forwards* in time, and not to a point before the time machine was created.
You might, otherwise, go back in time, kill Jeezuz and cause a paradox, unraveling the whole future.
This is what we call 'The Terminator Syndrome'. "
Think it's actually called the butterfly effect!
But I would sell it for billions to a multi billionaire and live a happy life in the present! |
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"22nd November 1963, Dallas, in the grassy knoll opposite the Texas School Book Depository. and you would see a CIA agent hanging out of a window with a rifle"
does seem a bit strange they would let LHO back in after defecting ...
Also, that last shot - if the bulletin comes from behind- why would his head move back?
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"22nd November 1963, Dallas, in the grassy knoll opposite the Texas School Book Depository. and you would see a CIA agent hanging out of a window with a rifle
does seem a bit strange they would let LHO back in after defecting ...
Also, that last shot - if the bulletin comes from behind- why would his head move back?
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Explosive cavitation due to the non-compressability of brain matter (mostly water) inside the skull. Essentially the force of the material coming out of the exit wound moved his head back. This is made worse because the car he was in begins to accelerate slightly. |
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"If I had a time machine, I'd probably go back in time, trade for something obscure, and travel back to sell it for stupid money and keep doing that
What would you do with the money....?
I dunno. Probably buy a country
What would you do with your country...? "
Naturist island, buy a local boatyard on a nearby country so people can only arrive by boat, and we will only sell local produce. It'll basically be a self reliant communal holiday country for naturists |
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"Imagine you had a Time Machine and could revisit any moment in history (or the future even), where would you go and why? And would there be any moments in history you'd like to change?
I'd like to go back to the time of Jesus (and the beginnings of all other religions while I'm at it). Prove once and for all that it really is just a bunch of fairy tales."
But if you have this proof already why travel back?
Why not travel back to when Hitler was but a young boy and treat him nicely and nurture him so he doesn't instigate so much destruction? |
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"If I had a time machine, I'd probably go back in time, trade for something obscure, and travel back to sell it for stupid money and keep doing that
What would you do with the money....?
I dunno. Probably buy a country
What would you do with your country...?
Naturist island, buy a local boatyard on a nearby country so people can only arrive by boat, and we will only sell local produce. It'll basically be a self reliant communal holiday country for naturists"
Will the island have a clothes shop ? |
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I'd go back in time and crucify Jesus, stab Ceasar in the back, defeat the Spanish Armada, let everyone know the Earth revolves around the Sun, invent something I call an "Atom" bomb, and start a little musical group either called "The Spiders" or "The Beatles".
Shit! I just realised... all those things have happened. You know what that means!!!
It means that I must have already gone back in time and done it all. Wow! That means time travel back in time really IS possible  |
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"I world go forward in time far enough to see the end of humans on earth.
I always wanted to know how it all ends."
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It's next Thursday
You better get busy building it! |
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"I world go forward in time far enough to see the end of humans on earth.
I always wanted to know how it all ends..
It's next Thursday
You better get busy building it!"
If it's next Thursday I'll just wait in the pub. |
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"I world go forward in time far enough to see the end of humans on earth.
I always wanted to know how it all ends..
It's next Thursday
You better get busy building it!
If it's next Thursday I'll just wait in the pub. "
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"I world go forward in time far enough to see the end of humans on earth.
I always wanted to know how it all ends..
It's next Thursday
You better get busy building it!
If it's next Thursday I'll just wait in the pub. .
Winchester"
Wait for it all to blow over. |
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"I world go forward in time far enough to see the end of humans on earth.
I always wanted to know how it all ends..
It's next Thursday
You better get busy building it!
If it's next Thursday I'll just wait in the pub. .
Winchester
Wait for it all to blow over."
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Good idea, let's have a brew and we'll get busy on that time traveling thingy |
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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago
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"22nd November 1963, Dallas, in the grassy knoll opposite the Texas School Book Depository. and you would see a CIA agent hanging out of a window with a rifle
does seem a bit strange they would let LHO back in after defecting ...
Also, that last shot - if the bulletin comes from behind- why would his head move back?
Explosive cavitation due to the non-compressability of brain matter (mostly water) inside the skull. Essentially the force of the material coming out of the exit wound moved his head back. This is made worse because the car he was in begins to accelerate slightly."
The kill shot was actually from a trigger happy Secret Service agent travelling in the car behind with an M16.  |
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By *LCCCouple
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So many possibilities. Go back to the 1950s or 1960s and sell Google earth and Wikipedia to NATO. Do you have any idea how much they would have paid for that? Then with all the cash buy half of london and get filthy rich |
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Those interested in the JFK assassination and who haven't seen it, check out the 'Zapruder' tape of the assassination. It shows the shooting from a different angle and the head shot. It is a VERY graphic video and quite shocking/horrifying the first time you see it.
Saw a documentary saying JFK was shot twice by the gunman in the window but the headshot was from a secret service agent in the car behind who slammed his AR-15 rifle into the chair after the car slammed the brakes on, discharging the gun in the direction of JFK. |
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"Those interested in the JFK assassination and who haven't seen it, check out the 'Zapruder' tape of the assassination. It shows the shooting from a different angle and the head shot. It is a VERY graphic video and quite shocking/horrifying the first time you see it.
Saw a documentary saying JFK was shot twice by the gunman in the window but the headshot was from a secret service agent in the car behind who slammed his AR-15 rifle into the chair after the car slammed the brakes on, discharging the gun in the direction of JFK."
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Do you happen to know who was in charge of the CIA section for Dallas during JFK,s visit? |
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I own a number of time machines, or other devices with time machines incorporated into them - clocks!
As for a device that can facilitate travel backwards in time, this is simply beyond the realms of possibility.
Think about it, if you could travel backwards in time, the effects of your journey would ALREADY be felt through time. In other words, whatever effect you may have on history will have already have taken place - i.e. you can not change anything.
Travelling forwards through time, on the other had, is of course, entirely possible, and each one of us does so on a daily basis. It takes us one second to travel one second into the future.
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"I own a number of time machines, or other devices with time machines incorporated into them - clocks!
As for a device that can facilitate travel backwards in time, this is simply beyond the realms of possibility.
Think about it, if you could travel backwards in time, the effects of your journey would ALREADY be felt through time. In other words, whatever effect you may have on history will have already have taken place - i.e. you can not change anything.
Travelling forwards through time, on the other had, is of course, entirely possible, and each one of us does so on a daily basis. It takes us one second to travel one second into the future.
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Are you familiar with the concept of a theoretical question, sir?
-Courtney |
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"Those interested in the JFK assassination and who haven't seen it, check out the 'Zapruder' tape of the assassination. It shows the shooting from a different angle and the head shot. It is a VERY graphic video and quite shocking/horrifying the first time you see it.
Saw a documentary saying JFK was shot twice by the gunman in the window but the headshot was from a secret service agent in the car behind who slammed his AR-15 rifle into the chair after the car slammed the brakes on, discharging the gun in the direction of JFK..
Do you happen to know who was in charge of the CIA section for Dallas during JFK,s visit?"
I can help you there.
A certain ex POTUS, but he has never confirmed one way or the other, that he was in Dallas that day .
Though there is a very interesting photo from that day, some people say it's him. |
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Are you familiar with the concept of a theoretical question, sir?
-Courtney"
Surely you mean a hypothetical question, and yes.
Note the multiple smileys after my post.
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OK, so from a hypothetical standpoint, allow me, if you will, to play devil's advocate.
Let's assume that you could be on board the Titanic on that fateful voyage, and that you had access to the bridge.
There was actually nothing wrong with the ship. It exceeded many of the safety regulations of the day. The cause of the disaster was human error. The Captain had retired for the evening and so his first officer was in command.
On sighting the Iceberg he ordered 'hard a starboard' (turn to port) and full reverse.
Neither of these actions would have resulted in the sinking of the ship - but it was the combination of the two which made the vessel turn more slowly, and thus ensuring the fatal glancing blow with the iceberg.
Had he simply ordered full reverse, Titanic would have hit the iceberg head on - The vessel would have been damaged, and no doubt injuries would have been sustained by many on board, but crucially, Titanic would have remained afloat.
Turning to port in an attempt to steer around the iceberg would have been effected quicker had the engines not been put in reverse.
Now, with all that said, let's say you could advise the first officer and prevent the sinking.
Fantastic. Around 1,700 lives would have been saved.
But...
It was as a direct result of this disaster that changes were made which made sea travel safer.
How about something a little more recent.
Space Shuttle Challenger.
Now it may not be widely known that engineers working on the booster rockets actually predicted the disaster and attempted to prevent the launch. They advised NASA senior management that if the launch were to go ahead, the vehicle would explode on the launch pad - as they knew of the problem with the o-rings in low temperatures.
So, even armed with knowledge of the fact of the disaster would unlikely be enough to prevent it.
Several events in our history have brought about change in human behaviour. Some good, some not so, but even something that may seem to be a somewhat insignificant change to an event in any part of history could have far more wide ranging implications.
As such, I wouldn't really feel comfortable with being responsible for changing an event in history.
But that's just me. |
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I'd go back to the early 70s and hang around as many BBC changing rooms as possible....as a winsome 8 yr old what could possibly go wrong.....and then fast forward and wait for the compo claims to come rolling in  |
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Are you familiar with the concept of a theoretical question, sir?
-Courtney
Surely you mean a hypothetical question, and yes.
Note the multiple smileys after my post.
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Nope, I meant theoretical. Because it idea question that would only be possible in theory.
And I knew you were joking |
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