New model 'permits time travel'

BBC ^ | 6/17/05 | Julianna Kettlewell

[RegulatorCountry]

Science has now proved predestination... but there's still no god.

[Mikey_1962]

Whewwww. Thanks, I have always worried about that.

[dfwgator]

"Whoa, that's heavy."

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Don't tell this to the whales in San Francisco........

[<1/1,000,000th%]

You can't travel into the past. You can only travel into the future.

[SengirV]

Clearly, the present never is changed by mischievous time-travellers: people don't suddenly fade into the ether because a rerun of events has prevented their births - that much is obvious.

What a moronic statement. I stopped reading after this bit of tripe.

[commonasdirt]

Nothing new, sci-fi authors have been saying it for years

[2banana]

Can I travel back in time and invest in cattle futures?

[Hank Rearden]

You can't travel into the past. You can only travel into the future.

Coincidentally, I'm doing that right this very minute.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

Can I travel back in time and invest in cattle futures?

No, but I plan on going back and buying stock of an upstart company called Wal-Mart.

[RegulatorCountry]

"What a moronic statement. I stopped reading after this bit of tripe."

I didn't see anything moronic about it; this has been the theme of any number of science fiction books and films. I've never agreed with it myself, entertaining and dramatic though it might be. I've never thought that this dimension, or any other, could possibly be that fragile.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

You can't travel into the past.

Nevertheless, a great short story by Ray Bradbury has been made into a feature film that deals with just that. Looks great.

A Sound of Thunder

[Mr. Jeeves]

Clearly, the present never is changed by mischievous time-travellers: people don't suddenly fade into the ether because a rerun of events has prevented their births - that much is obvious.

How else do you explain Billy Ray Cyrus? ;)

[2banana]

No, but I plan on going back and buying stock of an upstart company called Wal-Mart.

I like fruit - would invest in Apples...

[Ragnorak]

So basically someone with amnesia can destroy the known universe. I suppose a new slogan like "Knowledge is impotence" is in order.

[R. Scott]

I never was comfortable with the idea of an infinite number of possible universes resulting from time travel to the past.

[FoxInSocks]

"Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there something wrong with the Earth's gravitational pull?"

I'm still skeptical. The article keeps referring to the present. Seems to me that if you go back in time, the present becomes the future, and I believe I can make choices that affect the future.

Then there's that aforementioned predetermination argument. Am I really making choices, or do I only think I'm making choices?

[Larry Lucido]

I've seen models brag about a car's horsepower or sleek design, but none have ever promised me "time-travel." I gotta start seeing more models.

[Prince Caspian]

New model 'permits time travel'

I used to put together models when I was a kid. They always looked better on the box than they did in reality.