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Post by technohawk on Feb 3, 2007 16:14:22 GMT -8
But isn't a theory (in the scientific sense) by definition a substantiated explanation? Technically speaking, isn't a "baseless theory" an oxymoron? No. A theory is a hypothesis, a speculation or a guess as to what can or will happen. There can be levels of substantiation of varying theories. But if it were fully proved, then it would not be a theory any longer, it would be a fact. A baseless theory is not an oxymoron in that it refers to theories without any evidence whatsoever. Since theories don't need evidence it does not contradict itself. Ex: A baseless theory --> Dolphins can fly. Since there is not even any remote evidence suggesting the fight of flipper it is quite baseless.
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Post by porsche944s on Feb 6, 2007 14:47:55 GMT -8
My theory on the matter is that time stays in the third dimension, where all of us humans live in. Angels live in the fourth dimension, which is why we don't see them. We all currently reside in a four dimensional universe...as dictated by physicists, this consists of: 1-Length 2-Depth 3-Width 4-Time Anyways, as for time travel...it couldn't be possible to go to the future. It hasn't happened yet. Physicists have theorized our universe in the sense of time to be sort of an hourglass in shape; two infinite cones on either end (past and future) with a single point in between then (present). As time progresses the past cone is filled with more events. However, history is written in the present, not the future. There is simply nothing to travel forward to. As for traveling back in time, I'd love to see how you'd go about leaving the confines of this universe and finding some spot on an imaginary timeline to go to. Even if you could go back, you shouldn't, since that would f**k everything up.
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Post by LostPeon™ on Feb 6, 2007 16:17:19 GMT -8
Traveling through time does not change the timeline of anything because a person traveling back through time(or forward) is supposed to happen. Therefore nothing will actually be changed by time travel since all time travel does is make sure what already happened in the past still happens. But, then you have this theory. You don't have to worry about screwing things up, because anything you do by traveling to the past will have already been done and you need not worry about anything.
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Post by raen7 on Feb 7, 2007 8:39:31 GMT -8
Traveling through time does not change the timeline of anything because a person traveling back through time(or forward) is supposed to happen. Therefore nothing will actually be changed by time travel since all time travel does is make sure what already happened in the past still happens. But, then you have this theory. You don't have to worry about screwing things up, because anything you do by traveling to the past will have already been done and you need not worry about anything. Thus, if time-travel becomes possible at a certain point, it is a result of past events. But those past events were caused by people going back in time and doing what they were already supposed to do. But that requires time-travel to be possible. And that, my friends, is circular reasoning--yet another strike against the argument for time-travel. ..... The first 3 dimensions (see Porsche's post) are linear. You cannot travel from one point in space to another point instantly; you must have velocity, even if that velocity is the speed of light. Why, then, should the 4th dimension, time, be any different?
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Post by porsche944s on Feb 8, 2007 15:22:28 GMT -8
Thank you, raen.
And to add to that post..think back to highschool physics.
Time travel would require the instantaneous transportation from one point in space-time to another. However, great distances still take time to travel at the speed of light. Time travel would require traveling faster than light, which we all know to be impossible.
You can't just pull a Star Trek and fly around the sun at warp 4 in a Klingon Cruiser. Just doesn't work like that.
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Post by falkyr on Mar 13, 2007 10:10:14 GMT -8
Time travel is not and will never be possible.
Jebus would not allow it.
Not to mention, say you went back in time and wore a condom instead of impregnating your then wife. What would happen to the consciousness of your say 10 year old son that was born.
He cannot just cease to exist. Maybe you would create some kind of alternate parallel universe, but you wouldn't actually change the current one. There are billions of possibilities. All of which are moot, of course because:
Jebus would not allow it.
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Post by LostPeon™ on Mar 13, 2007 11:55:14 GMT -8
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Post by rbobatar on Mar 13, 2007 16:35:39 GMT -8
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