Is Time Travel a Possibility?

By megaprime81

      In movies and television shows, there is much use of the "time machine" that magically can transport whoever uses it back in time or forward in time, with no problems concerning the mathematical calculations that would be necessary to execute such a thing. To successfully travel backward in time, one would have to take into account not just time, but also space. For instance, where the Earth would be located at a particular time as it orbits the sun, the rotation that it would be on so that you could come to the exact spot in the right time, etc. The calculations would have to be exact, or you would chance winding up in the vaccuum of outer space, unable to breathe, resulting in your death.
      I would think that travelling to the future would be more likely and less difficult than the past; although this, as well, would require exact calculations. Then there's the matter of how to time travel. How would one go about it?
      While time travel makes for great science fiction stories, the key word to keep in mind would be "fiction". The idea is a nice one, but the plausablity unravels upon examination. Not that I would mind being able to do it. If it were or is possible, I would love to see it take place.
      The thing is, can it be done without "wasting time"?

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Copyright 2013 megaprime81
Published on Friday, December 13, 2013.     Filed under: "Essay"

Author's Note:

I'm no expert but I do tend to think and examine.
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  • megaprime81 On Friday, December 13, 2013, megaprime81 (743)By person wrote:

    One problem with "science" is how often theories change, and how we can't prove certain things, for we have yet to encounter them in space, for instance, the idea of wormholes. We do travel in time, but i believe it's always only going to be in a forward direction. It'll be interesting to see what scientific ideas are proven true and which are proven false. A lot of bad ideas stem from the minds of science fiction writers (as well as some good ones). So, i'm not knocking science...good, proven science...but i am knocking unprovable ideas, such as the "multiple universes" notion.

  • Dejected_Worth On Friday, December 13, 2013, Dejected_Worth (84)By person wrote:

    Interesting thoughts to consider. though science defines time relative to gravity, i find the measuring and proving of time useless. The same way no one can prove "I" exist. Maybe time and "I" are a delusion, and with any luck, there's a sutable drug to alleviate you from both of us.

  • A former member wrote: Indeed it can. The secret to time travel lies within the human mind itself. There is no machine that could make it so. Time only exists to humans. To all other beings it does not. Tibetan monks have left their bodies and traveled forward and back on the time track. They can experience moments past as if it were the present, and pondered future possibilities. The past has been done, but foor the future there are infinite outcomes. It is said that the Akashic Record holds all a being's moments that have been and could be. I have found this to be true. And once one sees the infinite possibilities of the future, when one comprehends the behemoth aspects of what is to come, the past ceases to entice.

  • infinitebeing On Friday, December 13, 2013, infinitebeing (80)By person wrote:

    IN PHYSICS YES

  • A former member wrote: Good question, maybe with the help of a wormhole?? I doubt any man made machine will ever take you on a trip through time, but what do I know?

  • megaprime81 On Friday, December 13, 2013, megaprime81 (743)By person wrote:

    Yes, perhaps a wormhole...I don't know if wormholes exist or not, though; but i agree about the man-made devices.


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