Backwards or forwards in time?

[Bradskii]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

 

[JohnEmmett]

Which one do you choose? And why?

Where action doesn't interfere, nothing is out of order
-Laozi

 

[Shemjaza]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

Extremely tough call.

How does paradox work?

 

[Sabertooth]

Please forgive my autistic literality, but if one can only go backward and the other, only forward, how can either return to their time of origin...?

 

[Sabertooth]

How does paradox work?

There are two main views about that,

1. That you can create paradoxes, but should avoid doing so;
2. That you cannot disrupt history, only contribute to fulfilling it.

(To complicate matters, you and the OP are already in tomorrow...!

)

 

[Norbert L]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

Little thrifty imo. Scrooge got three choices and was given all three of them. I'm happy where I am.

 

[Danthemailman]

I'll go back to the 80's and hang out for a while. That was my favorite decade! I would be hesitant to go too far forward in time. I don't have much hope at all for the future of our society. Could end up stepping out of that time machine in the future and walking right into a civil war or world war!

 

[Mark Quayle]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

You mean, which one do you use first?

Can I tell you later?

"I made the donuts!"

 

[Mark Quayle]

Please forgive my autistic literality, but if one can only go backward and the other, only forward, how can either return to their time of origin...?

Take the other with you, or go back and wait.

 

[Landon Caeli]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

Straight back to the time of Jesus, to say hello.

 

[Mark Quayle]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

I'm thinking I would not like to go back to my 20's as a 65 year old.

 

[apogee]

I've been putting together a couple of time machines and they're just about finished. I say 'a couple' because I couldn't get the first one to travel backwards and forwards in time. So the first one only goes forward and the second one only goes backward.

You can use them to come and go between different times as much as you'd like. And go as far as you want.

Which one do you choose? And why?

i think given that we are hurtling around the solar system at 30km/s and the solar system itself is travelling at 200km/s around our galactic centre and the milky way is....etc etc. probably neither

 

[Sketcher]

 

[Mark Quayle]

i think given that we are hurtling around the solar system at 30km/s and the solar system itself is travelling at 200km/s around our galactic centre and the milky way is....etc etc. probably neither

End up left behind?

 

[Sabertooth]

Take the other with you,...

Like with a tow chain...?

 

[Mark Quayle]

Like with a tow chain...?

I don't know -- the logistics seem a little uncertain at this point...

 

[Sabertooth]

i think given that we are hurtling around the solar system at 30km/s and the solar system itself is travelling at 200km/s around our galactic centre and the milky way is..... probably neither

I have a link about that, too.
Getting Technical...: Time Travel: What to Pack...

 

[Mark Quayle]

I have a link about that, too.
Getting Technical...: Time Travel: What to Pack...

That would depend on your machine. Does it transport you to a different time, or does it take you back through time?

 

[Bradskii]

Extremely tough call.

How does paradox work?

Ignore it. You're just an observer.

 

[Mark Quayle]

Ignore it. You're just an observer.

It's cold out there on the observation deck.