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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:48 pm
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Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride.
But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present.
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 11:08 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:03 pm
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Rellik San Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride. But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present. Although venturing into that topic would be highly interesting, I'd rather not.
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:34 am
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:35 am
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XWraith_LordX Rellik San Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride. But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present. Although venturing into that topic would be highly interesting, I'd rather not.
I hate time travel paradoxes. I hate them so much.
The trick is to not think of time as linear. I just can't do it!
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:01 am
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spooky_sez XWraith_LordX Rellik San Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride. But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present. Although venturing into that topic would be highly interesting, I'd rather not. I hate time travel paradoxes. I hate them so much.
The trick is to not think of time as linear. I just can't do it! But time travel itself implies time isn't linear.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:51 pm
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Rellik San spooky_sez XWraith_LordX Rellik San Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride. But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present. Although venturing into that topic would be highly interesting, I'd rather not. I hate time travel paradoxes. I hate them so much.
The trick is to not think of time as linear. I just can't do it!But time travel itself implies time isn't linear. The Doctor put it best, "People assume that time is a straight progression of cause to affect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff."
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:51 pm
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Macabre_Cogitation Rellik San spooky_sez XWraith_LordX Rellik San Macabre_Cogitation Why, simply the choice is Vanilla. As for the matter involving time travel, I would chose to simply stay put. Previously stated was the possibility of a "butterfly effect". That, I believe would happen at even the slightest alteration of history, past, present, or even future. If you alter the past, you thus alter all of the future which is a massive change that could invariably affect the entire universe. Just as changing the future may as well do. Staying put is the best option. Besides, the Time Machine is a crappy ride. But this raises the paradox argument, what if your meant to go back, to trigger a key event in history, but by not going back, you alter the present. But of course, then we enter into metaphysical territory regarding free will and what is the present. Although venturing into that topic would be highly interesting, I'd rather not. I hate time travel paradoxes. I hate them so much.
The trick is to not think of time as linear. I just can't do it!But time travel itself implies time isn't linear. The Doctor put it best, "People assume that time is a straight progression of cause to affect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff." I think pratchett put it best actually, time is like an elestic band, you can change things, but in the end time will find its course again, maybe a little warped in places, but still the same stream of cause and effect.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:11 pm
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:05 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:03 am
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 4:05 pm
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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:54 pm
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