random thought of the day

Jaged · 2005-03-31, 02:24 PM

What would happen if you invented a time machine, and then used it to go back in time and kill yourself before you invented the time machine.

Giovanni · 2005-03-31, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Jaged

What would happen if you invented a time machine, and then used it to go back in time and kill yourself before you invented the time machine.

1. I doubt we will build a time machine any time soon if at all.

2. I beleive you just wouldn't exist in the past you'd get there and you would be there... thus, your past self is also yourself.

Jaged · 2005-03-31, 02:29 PM

1. who cares if this happens now or in a billion years.

2. If you killed youself in the past, how could you exist in the future? But, if you wernt alive in the future to go back and kill yourself how could you die in the past?

Giovanni · 2005-03-31, 02:37 PM

As I said, I beleive you wouldn't exist in the past when you got there, your past self and future self would merge because only one can exist at the same time... so when you would leave you would split back up and both of you would carry on...

MattxMosh · 2005-03-31, 02:51 PM

Time isn't "real" guys.

It's just a way for humans to cope with what is going on.

Rbstr · 2005-03-31, 03:23 PM

Don't Fuck with history. Or you might end up being your father.

ViperGTS · 2005-03-31, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Rbstr

Don't Fuck with history. Or you might end up being your father.

Grand Father.
futrerama eh?

Kyonye · 2005-03-31, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by ViperGTS

Grand Father.
futrerama eh?

thats exactly what i was thinking

ZionsFire · 2005-04-02, 01:53 AM

I can't imagine going back in-time to do the nasty in the pasty with my grandma....

MrVicchio · 2005-04-02, 01:55 AM

If you did that, you would create an alternate timeline. One from the point that "you died" on foreward would be without you.

That's all that would happen.

ZjinPS · 2005-04-02, 04:39 AM

Time travel will never be possible. If it was we'd be over run with tourists from the future.

Jaged · 2005-04-02, 05:33 AM

If time travel was invented in the future it would likely be highly regulated. Sending alot of tourists back in tome could fuck things up.

Electrofreak · 2005-04-02, 07:01 AM

If time travel were possible, how come we haven't had visitors from the future yet?

And time is a "thing", its the 4th dimension. Duh.

Baneblade · 2005-04-02, 07:05 AM

How do you know you havent seen visitors from the future?

Electrofreak · 2005-04-02, 07:13 AM

pfft. I think I'd KNOW if I saw a dude in shiny metallic clothing scooting around on a hoverboard.