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How time travel could work: Scientists have uncovered a way to send messages into the past
MSN.com ^ | 5/1/26 | Wiliam Hunter

Posted on 05/05/2026 4:56:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

How time travel could work: Scientists have uncovered a way to send messages into the past

Time machines may seem better suited to science fiction than the physics lab, but experts say this futuristic technology could become a reality.

Researchers have revealed how time travel could really work by using the laws of quantum physics.

While their method won't let you hop back to the time of the dinosaurs, scientists say it could be possible to send messages into the past.

The researchers even say this mind–bending technique would work just like in Christopher Nolan's sci–fi epic, Interstellar.

In the movie, an astronaut played by Matthew McConaughey sends a message to his daughter in the past by moving the hands on her watch.

Although the reality wouldn't be so cinematic, the researchers argue that this 'causal loop' resembles the way real time travel would work.

Co–author Dr Kaiyuan Ji, a researcher at Cornell University, told New Scientist: 'The father remembers how the daughter decodes his future message.

'So he can instruct himself on what is the best way to encode the message.'

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; ohhelpmerhonda; physics; quantummechanics; science; stringtheory; teleportation; time

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First order of business: Send a message to 2008........

"By God whatever you do, do NOT vote for the Kenyan!"

1 posted on 05/05/2026 4:56:22 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

About a year ago I got a message from me in the future, it was garbled but had something about Spirit Airlines so I assumed it was me telling the past me to put everything into Spirit Airlines.


2 posted on 05/05/2026 5:03:56 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The book “Thrice upon a Time” by James P. Hogan does a great job of speculating about this concept.

In a nutshell: Instead of deciding what to do, you wait for a message from the future to tell you.


3 posted on 05/05/2026 5:04:12 PM PDT by rbg81 (=)
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To: ansel12

I was told to invest in Zinc.


4 posted on 05/05/2026 5:04:27 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Message to myself, 2010: BUY BITCOIN!!!


5 posted on 05/05/2026 5:05:26 PM PDT by CtBigPat (Thank you, JimRob. )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

So,,,,they could send a message to JFK the week before Dallas and tell him of his future assassination?

Is that not a form of time travel forward with information?


6 posted on 05/05/2026 5:06:57 PM PDT by cuz1961
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The winning lottery numbers are...


7 posted on 05/05/2026 5:07:39 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Is Doug McClure the captain of this ship?


8 posted on 05/05/2026 5:09:13 PM PDT by JZelle
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I send the old me messages all the time. I look back at crap I did, then send “WTF were you thinking?”


9 posted on 05/05/2026 5:10:25 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

DONT VOTE FOR THE FIRST AMNESTY, THEY KEEP DOING MORE OF THEM

DONT VOTE FOR CARTER HE GIVES AWAY THE PANAMA CANAL AND IRAN GOES RADICAL MUSLIM

DONT LISTEN TO THE CLIMATE RADICALS, EVERYTHING IS A LIE AND CORRUPTED DATA AND INCORRECT PREDICTOR PROGRAMS

DONT LISTEN TO THE GAYS AND ALPHABET PEOPLE THAT ALL THEY WANT IS TO JUST EXIST, ITS A TOTAL LIE


10 posted on 05/05/2026 5:10:27 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

The big paradox: Mom, please do not have children

Now, did I send this message back in time?


11 posted on 05/05/2026 5:12:29 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

time travel is not possible, nor will it ever be possible. No-one could keep that secret, we’d already know about it. The temptation to meddle in the past would simply be too great


12 posted on 05/05/2026 5:13:18 PM PDT by Jeff Vader
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To: Secret Agent Man

Remember “it’s a cook book” might be a good message to Area 51.


13 posted on 05/05/2026 5:13:43 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS SASOBe)
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To: HombreSecreto

“The winning lottery numbers are...”

That slot machine is going to pay off in 3 minutes!

Great minds think alike!


14 posted on 05/05/2026 5:14:49 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“If you happen to see that chick with the red bikini at Penrod’s, stay far, far away!”


15 posted on 05/05/2026 5:15:19 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Send a message to 1787. “For the love of your country. TERM LIMITS!”


16 posted on 05/05/2026 5:15:44 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Nope. Have to go back further and tell our founding fathers “Pick your own damn cotton”.


17 posted on 05/05/2026 5:16:00 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (I sure am getting what I voted for!)
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To: Equine1952

:) good point.


18 posted on 05/05/2026 5:16:00 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cuz1961
That is why he told them to leave the top off.
19 posted on 05/05/2026 5:16:26 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: dfwgator
All you need is 1.21 GW.


20 posted on 05/05/2026 5:16:35 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s)
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