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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:42 PM Original message |
How many of you think time travel is actually possible? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think we'd know already, wouldn't you? |
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jjmalonejr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Exactly |
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commander bunnypants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. sure |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Seems to me |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can always travel into the future. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Of course it is. How else do you explain the fact that |
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Lavender Brown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. I was just thinking about this |
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rogerashton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. We can never know. |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Going forward in the future? |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. In theory it's possible but... |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. Not necessarily |
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Champ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
46. My dad thinks UFO's are Time Traveling Ships |
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Twillig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. Is your dad a fan of the movie Repo Man? |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
80. I think so, too. I enjoy thinking that the aliens are us evolved and |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. If you had told someone |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Perhaps this is what UFOs are |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Or maybe they know |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think it would be great |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. My Vast Knowledge of Physics |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Um thanks........... |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. If you'd like a bigger headache, see here. |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Are you insinuating |
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eataTREE (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No, not at all. But the diagrams really are cute. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 08:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Formula seems to be incorrect |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. that is similar to the plot of "The Troika Incident" |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've been traveling through time for 57 years. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. At the speed of 1 second per second... |
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randyman (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Anyone seen the doctor around? |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. The latest string theory says it is possible |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. that string theory stuff is fascinating |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Don't feel bad they readily admit that THEY can't grasp it-- |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:23 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. that's why I love physics |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Theoretically, Theory of Relativity proves its possible |
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kranich (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. True |
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gerrilea (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Actually is looking very possible or so say theoretical physicists....that |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. Maybe. |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well if you were one |
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coloradodem2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
52. You'd be committed. |
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kranich (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. Time travel |
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gerrilea (610 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Question?! Question?! Question?! If I could make a space ship... |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 10:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. You have to add the velocities relativistically |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
83. Or get spaceship up to SOL and turn on the lights? |
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Socialist Dem (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. I like to think |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. I don't know |
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Unstuck In Time (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh, it is, it is. |
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SnowGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. If so, I hope we don't figure it out until |
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Jose Diablo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. Time travel on the same timeline is impossible of course but |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. Been there, done that, barfed my guts out and retired. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Hmmmm I never did Peyote |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. The Native people |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
38. Er, I do. but have no clue how to go about it |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. Don't know about time travel, but I went through a wormhole once |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I've lost time too |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
78. I lost 15 minutes at White Sands |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. It's Barely Possible In Theory |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. *OUCH* |
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slutticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Time dilation is an observable phenominon....so technically.... |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. I do sometimes wonder |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
43. You need a flux capacitor. |
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procrastinator (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
74. Not to mention a DeLoreon.... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. And one more note...Terrence McKenna beleives |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. That movie totally freaked me out!!!!!!! |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
82. DMT.. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. No |
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the Princess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I agree with that |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Wrote a poem bout it...here it go: |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. I just found out airplanes have flux capaciters. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I believe there's been some experimentation done. |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Not to my knowledge, and as a physicist I keep pretty close track |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. You're probably right. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
57. Yes..time tracks in space, as Einstien described... |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
81. There's this really nice book called Einstein's Dreams |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. I think very few things are impossible |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Well...here's a number of things... |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
60. Information (signals), yes. People? Alive? No way. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I few good stories based on that |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yes |
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VIVIsectVI (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think Astral time travel is possible |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-17-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
64. links |
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Cadence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
75. Are you certain Time exists? |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Entropy. |
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Cadence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:17 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. I'm not following entropy but |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
76. I don't know if it is possible or not |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
77. Forward, yes...(in a sense) |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
85. Look, I answered this thread last week. I'm not going to type all... |
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Guy Fawkes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-18-04 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
86. If * can be elected twice, anything is possible!! |
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