[ladyrustic]

Two thoughts on this: First, if a method of time travel is ever discovered, then it will be unidirectional only. The only time travel possible will be into the future.

Second, and admittedly without having read the entire article, I don’t like the author due to this sentence:

“It’s up to society to decide how time travel is used, it’s not up to an individual,” Dr. Mallett said. “

I don’t trust anyone who utters crap like that.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The only time travel possible will be into the future.

We're doing that right now.

[TangoLimaSierra]

“It’s up to society to decide how time travel is used, it’s not up to an individual,” Dr. Mallett said. “

I don’t trust anyone who utters crap like that.

You have to admit you wouldn't want any individual to use that (Harry Reid, obammy, et al). However I wouldn't want "society" to use it either.

[Prospero]

You and me both... Folks who use the word 'Society' in that manner are a particular pain. Use of the word as a noun has gradually become the primary meaning over the verb form in direct proportion with the advance of Experimentalism in our schools.

Very ironic when you look around at the 'Society' they made.

What they mean here, of course, is opposite of what they imply, the broader wisdom of the collective. What they really mean is it's a decision best made by bureaucrats and social scientists who give lip service to equality and openness.