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| quote: | Originally posted by SoulSupply
im very surprised no one has mentioned the most famous reason time travel cant be possible, the "grandfather paradox". wot if u were to go back in time and kill ur grandfather as a child, before ur father/mother was concieved? u wud never have been born, therefore u wudnt have been able to travel back and kill ur grand dad. also, i believe that time itself doesnt actually go forward, but we are the ones travelling, so u cant go back through something that isnt linear, or something, that sounded much better in my head! read the michael crichton book "timeline" for the theories behind the paralell universe type of travelling, all to do with quantum foam etc. very interesting stuff! |
i beleive sceientists have therorized that you cant go back to a period before the machine was created, so you wouldnt have to worry about you killing ur grandfather but you grandson killing you
hope that sheds some light on the subject
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