Man Kind

[Janus]

To me, the fact that we all exist hints at the fact that we haven't (won't have) messed things up with time travel. The fact is, if it gets (at any point in the future) mass-produced, or even somewhat available to the public, there'll be one wacko who'll go back and destroy humanity as some early stage. The fact that we still exist says to me that this never (will never) happened. Not that there was some sort of spiffy "time cop" stopping the guy - I think that's silly. If you have time travel, you can evade anyone very easily. Just go back and tell yourself where you saw him/her, and avoid those places/times.

PS: Anyone noticed how inadequate English tenses are for expressing even simple loops in a worldline? If time travel ever happens, I'm sure its practitioners will speak a language more suited to their needs.

 

[mokrie dela]

Janus, your right about language inadaquacy when used for the subject of time. Just as modern slang evolves there will probably be a slang evolve to fit the subject matter, Another language problem for time travelers going forward. by the way, has anyone seen Scientist ranting on another subject? The man is a walking oxymoron. He's too smart to bother with us so he gave his e-mail so we can talk to him. He claims to have the open mind of a true scientist but doesn't want to hear anyone's views that don't match his. Etc.etc. Personally I think this is a great site where we can discuss, disagree, joke and just kick back and have a good time with a subject we are all interested in.