Physicist needs $20,000 for time-travel experiment

Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^ | 4/8/07 | Tom Paulson

[Tijeras_Slim]

I’ll give him the money with the provision he sends me back with last weeks winning lotto number.

[mtbopfuyn]

I promised him some money yesterday, but he never came back to get it.

[fireforeffect]

Can I make a pledge? I will gladly pay him Tuesday for a time travel machine today.

[Buck W.]

I think next week’s would be more valuable.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I’ll do it for $10,000. Just send me a check.

[Disambiguator]

Physicist needs $20,000 for time-travel experiment

If he would simply use a Chevette or Yugo instead of a DeLorean, he wouldn't need this much money.

[TexasCajun]

Deloreans just aren't worth what they used to be.

[NittanyLion]

As luck would have it, I have $20,000 I inherited when my grandfather was the victim of a coup. I can’t trust anyone - even my own relatives - to help me. Before the new government closes in I must move this money out of the country. Maybe I should contact this Cramer.

[Uncle Miltie]

"I’ll do it for $10,000. Just send me a check."

You'll undoubtedly disappear into the future.

[Constitution Day]

There is an ‘86 or so Toyota MR-2 in my hometown that someone has modified to look like that car.

The things people do!

[3AngelaD]

I am surprised the powerful and forward-looking Sen. Patty Murray of Washington hasn’t been able to get this research funded for him by the feds. It sound a lot like some of the research federal taxpayers are asked to fund.

[P-Marlowe]

You know you shouldn’t be asking for donations during the Free Republic pledge drive.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

No to time travel. Yes to hyperdrives.

And ping.

[TheDon]

I wouldn’t suggest anyone help him out. Quite obviously John never succeeded, else he would have wired himself the money from the future.

[Bon mots]

Just somehow connect the experiment to GLOBAL WARMING and it will soon be overfunded.

[Maelstorm]

The guy is probably right but science isn’t about being right its about having the politics right. There was an interesting experiment using entanglement...

http://www.qci.jst.go.jp/eqis02/program/abstract/poster6.pdf

http://www.bu.edu/qil/projects/entanglement.html

Entanglement is going to play a huge role in technical advancement over the next 50 years.

[Royal Wulff]

Apparently he doesn’t get it. Else we would have seen time travelers showing up by now.

[Ditter]

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Did you see this article go right over my head?

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[robertpaulsen]

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
-- Stephen Wright