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The really interesting thing about all of this hypothesising is that no matter how coherent a theory may seem to a given person, there always seems to be somebody else who can view the problem from a different angle and find holes in said theory.
Example..I have read a few messages stating CATEGORICALLY that time travel is not possible, because if it were, we would have evidence of travellers from our future, and since we haven't...
Firstly notice that I said CATEGORICALLY. I've mentioned this before, but is it not a little foolish to make such solid statements about a field that is totally conjectural? Do some people not understand the concept of theoretical science?
That aside, it is extremely easy to shoot gaping holes in the statement without having to use quantum mechanics theories at all..just common sense..
LET'S ASSUME FOR A MINUTE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND MATTER BACK THROUGH TIME..
1. The human race, for whatever reason, may never discover how to do it. For example, it may be alarmist, but the possibility of getting wiped out by an asteroid is actually real. This together with the overwhelming possibily of intelligent life having developed somewhere else in the universe at some time or other, but never having visited Earth, in my opinion forms a significant hole in the hypothesis.
However, if that isn't enough, then consider this..
2. Suppose that members of the human race do discover how to send matter back in time at some point in the future. Where is the evidence you may wonder?
Picture this..
A time traveller arrives from the future. What would be the first thing that they would do?
"Hello there, I'm a time traveller from the future. I'm aware that you are quite technologically primitive compared to me and do not understand the complexities of temporal mechanics, but I assure you that I'm not here to meddle with history, or harm you in any way.
What do you mean, Am I mad?"
Let's face it, even if a time traveller did decide to announce his/her presence to a comparatively primitive society, they would probarbly be ignored. Even if they weren't, what would they have to look forward to?
Being burned at the stake?
If it were today, they could get committed to a mental institute, or if believed, subjected to the most unpleasant experiments that our laboratories have to offer.
Forget cause and effect, what about simply knowing what's good for you?
It's quite unlikely that they would be accidently discovered too.
A level of scientific progress that has made time travel possible, would surely be able to make it reasonably covert?? Even if it involved something quite noticable, it's quite possible that they could do it somewhere that is beyond our ability to detect it? I don't know about that, but you get the point.
I believe that time travellers from our future would not only have nothing to gain from revealing themselves, they would positively go out of their way to prevent it. This isn't some conspiracy theory, it would simply come with the territory, they would only be people after all.
Does all of that cast enough doubt? It neither proves nor disproves anything, but that's the point..
Example..I have read a few messages stating CATEGORICALLY that time travel is not possible, because if it were, we would have evidence of travellers from our future, and since we haven't...
Firstly notice that I said CATEGORICALLY. I've mentioned this before, but is it not a little foolish to make such solid statements about a field that is totally conjectural? Do some people not understand the concept of theoretical science?
That aside, it is extremely easy to shoot gaping holes in the statement without having to use quantum mechanics theories at all..just common sense..
LET'S ASSUME FOR A MINUTE THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND MATTER BACK THROUGH TIME..
1. The human race, for whatever reason, may never discover how to do it. For example, it may be alarmist, but the possibility of getting wiped out by an asteroid is actually real. This together with the overwhelming possibily of intelligent life having developed somewhere else in the universe at some time or other, but never having visited Earth, in my opinion forms a significant hole in the hypothesis.
However, if that isn't enough, then consider this..
2. Suppose that members of the human race do discover how to send matter back in time at some point in the future. Where is the evidence you may wonder?
Picture this..
A time traveller arrives from the future. What would be the first thing that they would do?
"Hello there, I'm a time traveller from the future. I'm aware that you are quite technologically primitive compared to me and do not understand the complexities of temporal mechanics, but I assure you that I'm not here to meddle with history, or harm you in any way.
What do you mean, Am I mad?"
Let's face it, even if a time traveller did decide to announce his/her presence to a comparatively primitive society, they would probarbly be ignored. Even if they weren't, what would they have to look forward to?
Being burned at the stake?
If it were today, they could get committed to a mental institute, or if believed, subjected to the most unpleasant experiments that our laboratories have to offer.
Forget cause and effect, what about simply knowing what's good for you?
It's quite unlikely that they would be accidently discovered too.
A level of scientific progress that has made time travel possible, would surely be able to make it reasonably covert?? Even if it involved something quite noticable, it's quite possible that they could do it somewhere that is beyond our ability to detect it? I don't know about that, but you get the point.
I believe that time travellers from our future would not only have nothing to gain from revealing themselves, they would positively go out of their way to prevent it. This isn't some conspiracy theory, it would simply come with the territory, they would only be people after all.
Does all of that cast enough doubt? It neither proves nor disproves anything, but that's the point..