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If you could nominate somebody famous for time travel, who would it be and where?

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Hi there!

I love just posing simple questions and seeing people's responses so I decided to mix a few of my favourite things (time travel and philosophers) together and see what happens.

If you could nominate somebody famous (preferably a philosopher) for time travel, who would you nominate and for what time period? And why?

Like would you send Arnie to the future, to a time when robots were real?

PS. God counts as a philosopher.

EDIT: When it's all about time, nothing is moving.
 
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Not unless it was the future:p

If you took someone from the future, that person could and probably would cease to exist since your understanding of the future would change, and therefore the future would probably change.

If you mean 'send someone in the present to the future', same problem as above, only that every person would see a different future because that person who saw it was removed for a number of years until that point.

This is probably why time travel is impossible. Because of all the 'game-breaking' it would cause.
 
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If you took someone from the future, that person could and probably would cease to exist since your understanding of the future would change, and therefore the future would probably change.

If you mean 'send someone in the present to the future', same problem as above, only that every person would see a different future because that person who saw it was removed for a number of years until that point.

This is probably why time travel is impossible. Because of all the 'game-breaking' it would cause.

I the future not suppose to remain unknown? If the future changed I do not think that would effect anything according to scientific principles although it would remove a being from this planet and could change our future in a negative way if this person created the cure for cancer :D. But other than that there would not be any major consequence unless a person is sent into the past.
 
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Hi there!

I love just posing simple questions and seeing people's responses so I decided to mix a few of my favourite things (time travel and philosophers) together and see what happens.

If you could nominate somebody famous (preferably a philosopher) for time travel, who would you nominate and for what time period? And why?

Like would you send Arnie to the future, to a time when robots were real?

PS. God counts as a philosopher.

EDIT: When it's all about time, nothing is moving.
How would your scenerio work out if you nominate someone (like Jesus or God) and they never even existed even though most people may think they do?

Ken
 
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Hey, I'll play!

I don't want any of the philosophers, but I would grab Archimedes right before the moment of his death. One of the most brilliant inventors who ever lived... the things he did in his day and age were incredible, imagine what he could do with CAD software! (In this hypothetical scenario, he does not suffer horrible culture shock and go crazy)
 
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Some great answers! The consensus seems to be that we would all fix problems, of one kind or another...

...does this mean we suppose to know greater than Wisdom? For Wisdom sends each to his time, and does not call back.

Uh. What?
 
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If you took someone from the future, that person could and probably would cease to exist since your understanding of the future would change, and therefore the future would probably change.

If you mean 'send someone in the present to the future', same problem as above, only that every person would see a different future because that person who saw it was removed for a number of years until that point.

This is probably why time travel is impossible. Because of all the 'game-breaking' it would cause.

Dr Who is always wittling on about time paradox's but I've not experienced any since the series started some 50 years ago.;)
 
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Uh. What?

We presume to know how to fix things, given enough time.

I am suggesting that in the eyes of God, this may be a mistake.

If it were the case that we could fix things by manipulating time, why then would Wisdom start us in the time Wisdom does?
 
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Who´s this "Wisdom" fellow?

Wisdom, wife to God, sets out who will live and who will die, when and where. Wisdom sits at the end of Mankind and rules over what will be remembered and what will be forgotten, how it will be remembered and for what. Wisdom reigns over the hearts of Men, revealing to them their destinies in dream, giving them purpose and understanding and compassion.

Without Wisdom, our world would be void.
 
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We presume to know how to fix things, given enough time.
This is, however, not an idea implied by the answers. The answer just imply that we might be able to fix certain things better at a certain point in time.

I am suggesting that in the eyes of God, this may be a mistake.

If it were the case that we could fix things by manipulating time, why then would Wisdom start us in the time Wisdom does?
Well, the first question to you would be:
Do God and his wife Wisdom intend us to fix/manipulate anything at all, or is the implication of your argument that since everything is exactly as God and his wife Wisdom intended it to be it´s not our job to fix anything?

If you feel that God and his wife Wisdom intend for us to fix stuff, it seems that we can use all means that are to our disposal. If - as is the premise of your scenario - time travel as a means to fix/manipulate things is to our disposal I fail to see why time travel (of all means that are to our disposal) would be against God´s and his wife´s Wisdom will.

However, if you feel that we should abstain from fixing/manipulating things, I don´t know what to say.
 
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I the future not suppose to remain unknown? If the future changed I do not think that would effect anything according to scientific principles although it would remove a being from this planet and could change our future in a negative way if this person created the cure for cancer :D. But other than that there would not be any major consequence unless a person is sent into the past.

Unfortunately there would be major consequences. Even if this person didn't cease to exist outright, they would probably impart knowledge on us that we're not meant to know yet, or try to stop some disaster only to cause mass panic and hysteria, or other well-intentioned but horrible things.

Oh, and let's not forget about the fabric of space and time. Wouldn't want that to just rip apart.
 
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This is, however, not an idea implied by the answers. The answer just imply that we might be able to fix certain things better at a certain point in time.

Fix is fix, but I think I know what you mean. There are some things that it is reasonable to be able to fix, without time travel... so if you are offered time travel, naturally you are going to apply that mindset to the problem.

Well, the first question to you would be:
Do God and his wife Wisdom intend us to fix/manipulate anything at all, or is the implication of your argument that since everything is exactly as God and his wife Wisdom intended it to be it´s not our job to fix anything?

This is interesting. It's as if the nature of life is that time travel is out of the question. Otherwise, Wisdom would have to second guess herself and send some people to more than one time. I wonder why we don't guess as much (why we don't guess that time travel is impossible)?

If Man were meant to live in more than one time, at a time, he would be born less of a man.

If you feel that God and his wife Wisdom intend for us to fix stuff, it seems that we can use all means that are to our disposal. If - as is the premise of your scenario - time travel as a means to fix/manipulate things is to our disposal I fail to see why time travel (of all means that are to our disposal) would be against God´s and his wife´s Wisdom will.

However, if you feel that we should abstain from fixing/manipulating things, I don´t know what to say.

No well its just curious... I think time travel may be a bi-product of our inflated egos, that if we can handle this time we are in, maybe we could handle other times as well. But the reality is that this is not the case. We were born for this time and this time only and if we wanted to change it, we would have to change it from here and if we liked how we changed it, we would have to stay where we are, in which case, either way, we don't time travel.

I wonder why its not impossible to dream these things up though? It's like Wisdom has no fault with us imagining we could travel to other times, its just that we can't actually do it. Maybe the problem is that the relationships are too limited, like if you could summon enough power to change the whole universe into another time period, then it would work, because you would have no opposition from anything to prevent it from coming to pass. You would still feel like living in the past though...
 
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