Time Machine? - Page 7

vVolf · 12-17-2002, 03:12 AM

God farted, and started it all.

Well, I’m very bored... And i need another decent post.

You have probably heard the term "Big Bang" before when people start to talk about the origins of the universe, but when people tell you that the universe started really small (tinier than a grain of sand) and incredibly dense, and then suddenly expanded to what it is today, things become a little more difficult to grasp.

The theory of a Hot Big Bang is the most widely accepted hypothesis for the origin of the universe, but it still leaves many questions unanswered. How and why did the universe expand? What caused the galaxies to form? But, perhaps the most daunting question is: "What existed before the Big Bang?" These are questions that are very difficult to answer.

Astronomers are like archeologists who study the fossils of the universe. They form their theories based on what they observe, and luckily Big Bang theory seems to fit rather nicely to these observations. So what happened during the Big Bang? Fuck, I’ll let someone else answer that one.

Shroom · 12-17-2002, 08:10 AM

All right you smartie pants why don't you build one and tell me when it is done. Then we can prove a point.

Bane · 12-17-2002, 09:10 AM

I know this is offtopic with regards to time travel and all, but this stuff facinates me. I was watching a show on Discovery Science about our galaxy and it's place within the universe. Scientists have witnessed the collision of two galaxies. The photograph they had of it was unreal. They said the two galaxies would pass through each other like a mist, until the two black holes' gravitational pulls would cause them to orbit each other. As this is happening planets are smashing into each other, others are flung far off into space.

What made this even more interesting was the fact that it's going to happen to the Milky Way. They are tracking our sister galaxy and have predicted a collision in hundreds of millions of years. Of course, we won't be here to witness it but could you imagine? You'd be able to see the other galaxy prominently in the sky for quite some time beforehand. The collision would forever change...well...everything...if the Earth survives. The constellations would be gone, the climate would change drastically, the night/day cycle would be disrupted...or we could be smashed to dust by a larger cosmic body or flung into space away from our sun, turning Earth into a lifeless ice cube.

What amazes me is the fact that it hasn't happened already.

Anyways, sorry for the long offtopic post, but I'm bored at work right now. biggrin:

vVolf · 12-17-2002, 09:14 AM

Nice post Bane.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shroom

All right you smartie pants why don't you build one and tell me when it is done. Then we can prove a point.

How can we go back in time to when there was no time? This is turning into a Paradox.

Arkan · 12-17-2002, 10:56 AM

ok, i didn't bother reading through all 7 pages of replies, but yes, you can go back in time....today!.

Just hop on a plane and fly west ! Pretty simple ya think?

geRV · 12-17-2002, 10:58 AM

From what ive read of "theoretical time travel" they've basically said for it to be possible the time machine would have to exist in the past as well as the present you're in. How the fuck that would work is beyond me. oOo:

ninty · 12-17-2002, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vVolf

Nice post Bane.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shroom

All right you smartie pants why don't you build one and tell me when it is done. Then we can prove a point.

How can we go back in time to when there was no time? This is turning into a Paradox.

Possibly the most famous paradox is the grandfather paradox. What would happen if a time traveler went back and killed one of his or her ancestors before the traveler was born? If the person killed his or her grandfather, then how could that person be alive to go back and kill his or her grandfather? If we could change the past, it would create an infinite number of paradoxes.

This is why many scientists say that time travel to the past cannot be done, on;y the future. At least from what i've read.

Old Reliable · 12-17-2002, 11:14 AM

it's impossible to go back in time to the present position you are at

12-17-2002, 11:19 AM

[quote="Old Reliable":e3f44]what the hell!

[img]http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/time-travel-wormhole2.jpg[/img]

if this is true, can you imagine the possibilities of visiting other systems?[/quote:e3f44]

that particular topic was on an SG-1 episode yesterday on Sci-Fi.

ninty · 12-17-2002, 11:21 AM

I used to watch sliders. That show was great.

[DAS REICH] Blitz · 12-17-2002, 11:52 AM

you can go back in time... there was a book about it... the guy made the time machine in the 18 hundreds. So if some old guy can make one, so can we!

Zoner · 12-17-2002, 01:33 PM

Of course you can! Jeeze, THESE guys did it...

[img]http://www.zweb.com/kr2/Margarete/BTEA/BTEA1/Originals/BTEA02.jpg[/img]

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Zone

Tripper · 12-17-2002, 01:44 PM

Yeah, If Christoper Lloyd, Michael J Fox, Guy Ritchie, Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves can all go back in time...You'd think we could too! biggrin:

You guys know I'm from the future, right....I'm one day ahead of you. Let me tell you, the 18th of December isn't that great. hake:

12-17-2002, 01:46 PM

oh you selfish bastard, you've ruined our timeline

Tripper · 12-17-2002, 01:55 PM

[quote:4dbab] oh you selfish bastard, you've ruined our timeline [/quote:4dbab]

LOL...I apologise, Strikor. I just had to let you all know your future.