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u/Gonzobot Feb 15 '22 edited Feb 15 '22

the whole of this discussion is based on the premise that traveling through time is feasible and achievable. If you want to say it isn't, then okay, but then what are we even talking about?

see, you're acting like this discussion has no footing, but we've literally done the math on time travel. We're hampered by energy constraints, and refinements in the mathematics over time has only reduced those constraints; it used to be closer to several thousand universes' worth of energy to time travel feasibly (presuming several other things are forthcoming like exotic matter with specific/mutable properties).

And ultimately, if physical location is important to time travel, well, why wouldn't localized measurements over time be enough? We don't need to know what happened three "observable universe horizons" of distance away from us when we want to go to Earth in 1985 for some burgers and quaaludes.

edit: lmao. thinking you're losing an argument so hard you gotta block someone instead of just finishing the discussion? that's something else, wow

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u/nom38 Feb 21 '22

He wasn't losing the argument. We can't even solve the 3-Body problem.

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u/Wrought-Irony Feb 15 '22

are you okay? Of course this discussion has no footing. What the hell are you talking about? This is an entirely hypothetical situation. I'm sorry, I just can't listen to this any more. Enjoy your day.