I recently read an article about a time traveler being busted for insider trading. It was on Yahoo news, if you look for it you can probably find it. The guy turned 800 dollars into 12 milion dollars through several high risk trades. When he was picked up on question of insider trading he claimed he was from the future and that it was common knowledge that those stocks would do well. He ofcourse would not disclose the location of his time machine, it would be disasterous if it fell into the wrong hands, but he claimed to be from over 200 years in the future. It may sound far fetched but they did find evidance supporting his claims. There were no records for him before December of 2002, and he somehow was able to make all of those trades without losing any money. The man refused to name any accomplises, but claimed if he was released he would reveal other common knowledge things such as a cure for aids and the location of Osama Bin Ladin.
There are a few things that lead me to believe this guy isn't a real time traveler, he only made 12 million dolars, he claims to know the location of Osama Bin Blownup, and he says he's from over 200 years in the future, and in my opinion the world as we know it will not exist in the year 2200.
But real or not, this story still has a valuable lesson. Any time someone claims to be from the future at a time when time travel is not readily available to the general public he will be considered crazy, or a witch. Likewise if you claim to be from the past you will be considered crazy.
This is why time travel is possible and noone knows about it, if you travel 200 years into the past and say hey I'm a time traveler, they are going to lock you up. If you travel back and keep a low profile they will never see you, leaving you undetected. We can not find time travelers because we don't want to think they exist.
There are a few things that lead me to believe this guy isn't a real time traveler, he only made 12 million dolars, he claims to know the location of Osama Bin Blownup, and he says he's from over 200 years in the future, and in my opinion the world as we know it will not exist in the year 2200.
But real or not, this story still has a valuable lesson. Any time someone claims to be from the future at a time when time travel is not readily available to the general public he will be considered crazy, or a witch. Likewise if you claim to be from the past you will be considered crazy.
This is why time travel is possible and noone knows about it, if you travel 200 years into the past and say hey I'm a time traveler, they are going to lock you up. If you travel back and keep a low profile they will never see you, leaving you undetected. We can not find time travelers because we don't want to think they exist.