A Discovered Time Traveler

I think the obvious answer to that is that truth, like time, is relative.Interesting viewpoint though Einstein!I think that is exactly what is happening today. The established religions are not holding people's belief anymore and folks are developing new ones which make sense to them which are a pick and choose buffet of bits they like from other religions
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The Good Book taught me to discern what knowledge is worth seeking.Faith is the first virtue, "whose object is truth"--Summa Theologica.

The Church is corrupt, yet my primary objective is to seek truth.

Truth isn't relative. Something's are true, something's are false.

One who is false cannot even conceive of a protagonist

about whom anyone should care.

If you are to be seduced by the 'father of lies,'

expect to be shunned.

 
The Good Book taught me to discern what knowledge is worth seeking.Faith is the first virtue, "whose object is truth"--Summa Theologica.The Church is corrupt, yet my primary objective is to seek truth.

Truth isn't relative. Something's are true, something's are false.

One who is false cannot even conceive of a protagonist

about whom anyone should care.

If you are to be seduced by the 'father of lies,'

expect to be shunned.
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Who is the mother of lies? Does it have any siblings? Do you mean Sophus Lie, the creator of Lie algebra?

 
The Good Book taught me to discern what knowledge is worth seeking.Faith is the first virtue, "whose object is truth"--Summa Theologica.The Church is corrupt, yet my primary objective is to seek truth.

Truth isn't relative. Something's are true, something's are false.

One who is false cannot even conceive of a protagonist

about whom anyone should care.

If you are to be seduced by the 'father of lies,'

expect to be shunned.
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There are many other "Good Books"....their followers hold them equally valid. God isn't saying anything..perhaps he likes the different points of view?

 
That the event preceded Phil's birth by four yearswould ordinarily suggest that he didn't exist to experience it as a reality.
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In my proposed hypothetical suggestion (temporary experience of an alternate reality), it would not matter if Phil was not born before the event originally occured (timeline "A"). He may have "slipped" into timeline "B" where the event occured during his school years and without him knowing, he "slipped" back into timeline "A", to be later confronted by the question in the pub by his Dad's friend. **** however, I should add that there is absolutely no shred of scientific evidence for the existence of alternate realities/timelines. I'm just using this hypothesis to provide a speculative explanation.
"Elsewhere, the above effect was described as dual memories."

Yes, for many years, I have been fascinated by what is now referred to as the "Mandela Effect".... If the Mandela Effect is a real phenomenon, then one could speculate that someone invented time travel. The mystery time-traveller(s) go back and change "things" but some people get residual memories (Mandela effect)? Maybe this subject deserves to be opened in a new topic, in the time-travel discussion section.

 
Mandela affect? hmmm would someone have been reading 'The Thief of Time?'

I came across the Mandela reading that book...... fantasy or not, you have to admit that Terry Pratchett does have some awesome ideas?

Just for those who have not read the book, due to the stopping of time, time itself shatters. The history monks have to put it all back together and the device used? The Mandela......

The thing with my experience, was the detail. even down to the rubber mat on top of the TV stand, I can almost remember the smell, the pattern of the carpet, even to the fact it was before my parents had the stone fireplace installed.... every detail. This is an unusual thing for me, as sometimes I can't remember the last time I ate..... (I get bogged down in far more important stuff than remembering food, sleep and non essential social interactions.... )

 
Mandela affect? hmmm would someone have been reading 'The Thief of Time?'I came across the Mandela reading that book...... fantasy or not, you have to admit that Terry Pratchett does have some awesome ideas?
Just for those who have not read the book, due to the stopping of time, time itself shatters. The history monks have to put it all back together and the device used? The Mandela......

The thing with my experience, was the detail. even down to the rubber mat on top of the TV stand, I can almost remember the smell, the pattern of the carpet, even to the fact it was before my parents had the stone fireplace installed.... every detail. This is an unusual thing for me, as sometimes I can't remember the last time I ate..... (I get bogged down in far more important stuff than remembering food, sleep and non essential social interactions.... )
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Respectfully, I think you have misunderstood the Mandela effect. It is a phrase that is applied to a phenomenon in which numerous people have vivid memories of Nelson Mandela dying in prison on Robben Island, during the late 1980's. These people remember viewing his televised funeral, the speech given at the funeral by his wife Winnie and numerous other events that occurred after.

 
Ah, sorry for the misunderstanding. Could that have been due to all the world press at the time whereby people were talking about him Dying in prison? I must admit, my recollection at the time is somewhat limited, I was working on a project in South Africa at the time (in fact I lived there for a while..... my first wife was an Afrikaaner btw!), and left just a few days before the election. As you can imagine, information on the Leader of the ANC was a bit sketchy within the South African borders back then!

I missed out on impartial coverage due to my geographical location.

And at this point, I should extend my sympathies to his family. The loss of any family member is always hard.

as an aside, the thief of time is a brilliant book!

 
You say time alot.... and I am a grump as I age.
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I guess one of the reasons I say Time a lot is because of why I have joined this forum, If I were to say pancreas a lot, would I not be directed to join a medical forum? ;)
But the action of passing moments is a big passion of mine (see, I did not mention the T word), maybe a touch obsessive I know, but I am what I am....

And nothing wrong with being a grump. I had a major moan the other day because of my eyes...... I have always been short sighted, and when I was younger, I realised that as people get older, they typically develop long-sightedness. So, I though all I have to do is wait until that happens, it will counteract the short sightedness and lo-and-behold perfect vision, no glasses no laser treatment......

Is that what happened? no, I now have distance glasses AND reading glasses. How is that possible? to be long and short sighted at the same time? <mumble> <grump> :D

 
Phil,

Forgotten during our discussion of 'the car experiment,'

was a question about your apparent recall of an event that preceded your birth by four years:

Did you see news reports on television and/or hear much talk of the story?

 
Phil,Did you see news reports on television and/or hear much talk of the story?
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No, as a child, I only really watch 'Newsround' as a source of news, and that was only because I was waiting for 'Blue Peter' (A long running TV show for kids over here)

But that would not explain the recollection of running home across the park for a few days.... Even then, it was not so much the disaster, or the news I was interested in. (Remember that when I was growing up, war-games were still new... we could be Brits or Jerries...) Not politically correct, but quite important. Because the big thing about seeing the news was watching the RAF go and 'Blow sh!t up'

It is one of these things that really sticks in my mind. Maybe it is as Milo.X. says, the Mandela effect...... Strange...

 
Thank you, Phil. As experience and teaching go hand-in-hand,

you must have been meant to internalize some lesson as though

it were first-hand knowledge.

0 : - ) MGby.

 
@ Syzygy, that is an interesting thought, I wonder if it will lead me to design a better way to remove oil rather than by dispersants and leaving particles still in the sea to poison our marine life.....

wow, I was not intending to type that, idea to keyboard with no mental intervention.... But what an idea... possible cyclone technology to separate the water from the oil.... hmmm thoughts.

Wow, I am reading this post as though someone else put it there... But wherever it came from, I may have to have a serious think about this.... it could work.

 
@ Syzygy, that is an interesting thought, I wonder if it will lead me to design a better way to remove oil rather than by dispersants and leaving particles still in the sea to poison our marine life.....wow, I was not intending to type that, idea to keyboard with no mental intervention.... But what an idea... possible cyclone technology to separate the water from the oil.... hmmm thoughts.
Wow, I am reading this post as though someone else put it there... But wherever it came from, I may have to have a serious think about this.... it could work.
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You seem to be on a roll.Re: "[...] a way to remove oil", Fabrican is certainly novel.

May you be inspired.

 
Kevin Costner? I did not know he was involved in oceanic oil remediation.....

Got me thinking now...... Just to give you an idea, if you were to form a vortex in the oil contaminated water, then the differing densities and viscosities of the two liquids (sea water and oil) would cause them to separate. This would allow relatively simple separation (mechanically based) system to allow the water to be pumped back into the sea, the oil to be stored in a tank for final processing and re-use. No dispersants, no chemicals, and no more just breaking up the slick and leaving the oil to contaminate nature...... :D

But, (and this really has go my curiosity running wild) what has this to do with Kevin? :confused:

 
Cool, well, I guess I don't need to develop one then.... Nice to know the idea works though :D

I shall have a read about this later.... I never heard about that :) But there again, my experience in the petrochem world was with welding robots, so I stayed firmly onshore :D

When I have an afternoon coffee, I shall read these, thank you for the links :)

 
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