The QUICK question thread.....

[HamboCairns]

Implied.

Fair.

 

[pink poodle]

Depends on your school of thought, perhaps future you coming back has already been factored in to the timeline and is a part of the chain of events.

But how will this negate the expansive decision tree that opens up from changing the course of action upon receiving he advice of future poodle?

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

But how will this negate the expansive decision tree that opens up from changing the course of action upon receiving he advice of future poodle?

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The argument is that future Poodle travelled back in time only because he (you) remembered that it happened thus it's all just part of a single timeline from your perspective, the decision has already been made.

 

[pink poodle]

The argument is that future Poodle travelled back in time only because he (you) remembered that it happened thus it's all just part of a single timeline from your perspective, the decision has already been made.

But the continuum that sent me back has been disrupted...

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

But the continuum that sent me back has been disrupted...

Time is linear from your perspective. In this scenario you have been given advice by future Poodle and then you make a decision based on this advice, the outcome of the decision that you make is what leads to upcoming event anyway so ultimately you still become future Poodle and you travel back to give sage advice to past Poodle, after the advice has been given you travel off to wherever and thus your timeline continues.

 

[pink poodle]

Time is linear from your perspective. In this scenario you have been given advice by future Poodle and then you make a decision based on this advice, the outcome of the decision that you make is what leads to upcoming event anyway so ultimately you still become future Poodle and you travel back to give sage advice to past Poodle, after the advice has been given you travel off to wherever and thus your timeline continues.

Ok...I'm going to need some mushrooms.

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

Ok...I'm going to need some mushrooms.

Was that the advice future Poodle gave you? I like him already.

 

[pink poodle]

Was that the advice future Poodle gave you? I like him already.

Current poodle's thinking...mushrooms for dinner, with a steak. But also it might be a good time to open the portal up and find my future self rather than wait.

 

[dirtdad]

But how will this negate the expansive decision tree that opens up from changing the course of action upon receiving he advice of future poodle?

Infinite worlds theory.
Just watch Rick and Morty.

 

[Minlak]

The hardest part about time travel is killing John Conner - there has been several documentaries made about this.

 

[pink poodle]

The hardest part about time travel is killing John Conner - there has been several documentaries made about this.

He is a slippery mofo!

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

I think the thing that most time travellers seem to forget is that you need to be able to travel through space as well as time, if for example you wanted to go back and see the extinction event that took out the dinosaurs some 65 Million years ago you need to factor in that this happened part way across the galaxy relative to our current position.

Here's a cool little animation to demonstrate this point

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1192525169161461760

 

[pink poodle]

What if you ran out of fuel while trying to travel back that far? Are you stick out of time? Or will you materialise in the time+space that the fuel drops?

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

I'd imagine that you end up stranded on the side of whatever space-time highway you were on.

 

[pink poodle]

So...limbo? Or the Twilight zone?

 

[cokeonspecialtwodollars]

Worse... the Hambo zone, doomed to spend eternity procrastinating wheel purchases and swinging kettle bells.

 

[HamboCairns]

Worse... the Hambo zone, doomed to spend eternity procrastinating wheel purchases and swinging kettle bells.

The struggle is real.

 

[pink poodle]

Worse... the Hambo zone, doomed to spend eternity procrastinating wheel purchases and swinging kettle bells.

Shit! Envisioning holding a kettle bell and just spinning out of time eternally like an Olympian midway into a hammer throw.

 

[moorey]

Shit! Envisioning holding a kettle bell and just spinning out of time eternally like an Olympian midway into a hammer throw.

Sounds more like Atlas already went there.

 

[HamboCairns]

Shit! Envisioning holding a kettle bell and just spinning out of time eternally like an Olympian midway into a hammer throw.

Time crystals but with kettlebells.