fafalone Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 If time dilation causes a standstill as you approach c, how does light move?
aman Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 Yoops, I meant that as mass approaches the speed of light to my understanding it becomes flatter to the point where all its mass is one dimensional at the speed of light. Isn't this correct? Just aman
Radical Edward Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 the individual travelling quickly doesn't ever experience this one dimensionality, however from his point of view, the universe does. remember relativity is relative, everythin seems perfectly normal to you, just everything else is whizzing by at great rate of knots, as can be summed up conscisely by Einstein's phrase 'when will oxford arrive at the train' (it could be cambridge so I said oxford to annoy MrL)
aman Posted February 22, 2003 Posted February 22, 2003 Maybe I should have said flat two dimensional and relative to an outside observer. Now at C you should be flat and at C+ you should start to re-expand but ass backwards. Maybe? Just aman
MajinVegeta Posted March 17, 2003 Posted March 17, 2003 What about mutliple histories[theory]? this might be able to "cancel out" some, if not all, the paradoxical consiquences of time travel.
james123 Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 well, say u did go back and kill ur grandfather woludent u juss mess up another timeline? not your own? since u went back u entered another time line and screwed that one up so nothing would actually ahpen to you since you came from another timeline where ur grandfather didnt die. juss my thought
aman Posted September 18, 2003 Posted September 18, 2003 Maybe we could go back a little out of phase, only able to observe but not interact. I think that would fit best. Just aman
alt_f13 Posted October 14, 2003 Posted October 14, 2003 Ooooooh. Faster than light == singularity, I tell you what. Infinate mass, infinitesimal volume, infinately distorted timespace. The two go hand in hand!
alt_f13 Posted October 16, 2003 Posted October 16, 2003 Yes, thank you. I actually meant to go past that with FTL. Lightspeed should be reachable then by matter, but once hit, that matter would instantly be turned singular. Perhaps the black hole causing factor in super novas then?
rune420 Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 If we were to ever invent time-traveling (backwards), why hasn't anyone from the future paid us a visit?
Sayonara Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 If you were able to travel back in time, it would be absolutely paramount that you not interact in any way with entities that could have an affect on the local timeline. In other words travellers - unless they were stupid, careless, accidentally transported, or deliberately damaging the timeline - would have to take measures to ensure nobody native to the local time encountered them.
iglak Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 and, if changing the past IS possible, then the farther back in time, the less you can impact the past without changing the future. if you went back to the birth of the earth, dropped a piece of paper into the lava, then went back home, everything would be completely different. although, my personal theory is that when you go back into the past, you are in the past, which means that it already happened, which means that despite your efforts, you were not able to change it... etc.. a.k.a. the present is a result of the past, and the past is just that, the past.
Sayonara Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 Personally I don't see the future being in a state of flux or mutable as being a particular problem.
HeXeN Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 http://johntitor.com Umm.........wow.......its hard to tell if this guy is really intelligent, really crazy, or really real. Either way, i think it is perfectly feasible that we have a Civil war in 2005. Only a year away!
Sayonara Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 Inconsistencies in his narrative make me somehow doubt that he was a time travelling agent from a future "worldline" who popped in to the internet for a nice chat.
HeXeN Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 but you have to admit, some of the things he said are.........well..........interesting And why would somebody go to such lengths to endure this ruse? And then, why would they just...........stop?
YT2095 Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 you should see what happens in the year 2095! and I do so wish you`de all stop talking about me when I`m not paying attention seriously tho, Changing OUR past would be impossible sure, because it`s already "writen on". changing "A" past and therfore creating a new timeline would not be, as in going back to a time where it wasn`t already writen so to speak. it would be pefectly legal to change the past now while it`s the pressent and move onto the future on a mission to come back to the now (or past) armed with the info of WHY you`re doing or saying these things in the NOW however
Sayonara Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 HeXeN said in post # :And why would somebody go to such lengths to endure this ruse? Because it was fun. And then, why would they just...........stop? Because it stopped being fun.
iglak Posted January 16, 2004 Posted January 16, 2004 Sayonara³ said in post # :Because it was fun. Because it stopped being fun. lol, the simplest at it's best
MolecularMan14 Posted June 17, 2004 Posted June 17, 2004 Ok, here we go, If accordance to the pathways theory of time- every decision made breaks time into several different pathways (One for each possible outcome). Each one of those pathways then split at the next decision. It is my opinion that the universe once began with one path, and at each subtle change, the pathway split. So if you were able to return back into time, you would have to secure the identity of each path. If you didn't do this, you would have literally trillions upon trillions (ect...) of dimensions to venture to. Each possibility within the history of the timeline pathway would...duh...be possible. So in turn, you could end up in any of the pathways in the history of time! Therefore, if you were to identify the exact path, and you were to travel to it (laughable), and you were to kill your grandfather, that specific pathway would split once again- simply continuing on into a dimension in which your grandfather, father, you, your children, your children, their children, and so on, do not exist. The universe would not collapse, however it would continue into a mass of new pathways. However in your timeline, you would no longer exist. So, your dimension would also split, and continue splitting normally forever. Once again, in every concious change or decision or choice ever made in time, I feel that the time path has split. And each one of those sub-paths has continued forever, no matter if we're here or not. Thus, we exist in trillions of dimensions, just not exactly as we are now. Just a thought, lol. Thanks, Alex Edit-Typo
MolecularMan14 Posted August 5, 2004 Posted August 5, 2004 anyone have a response to this thought...?
[Tycho?] Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 Time travel is just ideas. Nobody knows how causality really works, so untill we build a time machine its just people arguing with no evidence to support anybody's claims. Which is why I dont like discussions about time travel, becausee everyone always argues their point while generally not accepting others. It is irritating.
RICHARDBATTY Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 Ithink the only way to change the past is to know the future.
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