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View Poll Results: Time Travel : Is it possible?
Yes it is possible but we dont have the technology yet 17 33.33%
Yes its possible but it cant be proven 13 25.49%
No it is scientificaly impossible to time travel 21 41.18%
Voters: 51. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-20-2008, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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You're not seeing in the past. You're seeing past events. Its just taken a long time for the light to reach you.
Past events by whose clock?
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Old 02-20-2008, 03:54 PM
 
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I used the Hyper Dimensional Resonator to travel to the year 2319 and was told by the leading experts in the field that time travel was undeniably impossible. I couldn't get back to tell anyone.
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Old 02-21-2008, 01:57 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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I used the Hyper Dimensional Resonator to travel to the year 2319 and was told by the leading experts in the field that time travel was undeniably impossible. I couldn't get back to tell anyone.
I know that your story is not true, because you would only use a standard dimensional resonator to travel to 2319, not the hyper version.
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Old 02-21-2008, 08:21 AM
 
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I know that your story is not true, because you would only use a standard dimensional resonator to travel to 2319, not the hyper version.
My apologies. Poorly written.

The resonator wasn't hyper, I was.
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Old 02-26-2008, 06:13 PM
 
Location: West Omaha
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Prince,

Past events by either clock! The effect you're talking about is nothing more than a "time of flight" problem. It really has nothing to do with relativity, other than the fact that the speed of light is constant.
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Old 02-26-2008, 07:23 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Well I haven't seen anybody from the future visit Texas lately, so no.
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:10 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Time travel into the past was discussed on this evening's episode of The Universe.
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:11 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles, which as I understand was once upon a time ago part of the United States of America
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Well I haven't seen anybody from the future visit Texas lately, so no.
I haven't seen China, but I believe it exists.
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Old 02-27-2008, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Universal City, Texas
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I just created another thread, not realizing this one was here. I'll post the same question. I use to be a SCUBA diver and it always seemed that I was underwater for just a few minutes, only to find that I had been diving for 20 to 30 minutes. Other divers had same experience.
last night I was watching The Universe on History channel and Dr. Mallett is working on time travel using light as source of energy. The program stated the light travels slower in water than it does in air.
Could the difference in light speed correlate with my experience?
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Old 02-27-2008, 01:58 PM
 
Location: Hopewell New Jersey
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It's any interesting effect. I've noticed a somewhat smiliar effect although in a different set of circumstances.

Have you ever noticed how slowly time seems to pass when the lights are out and you're putting in your obligatory "spoon time" before rolling over and going to sleep ??

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