As a time-traveler, you should not be visible even in 1 second past time. The present moment is very short, and if you are not in it, you do not exist in the present. — BC
Nope.If you could go, would you go? — BC
1) Does a Time Machine travel in time, or do only the passengers? If the Time Machine itself doesn't travel in time, what am I in when I arrive? Is there a live pilot or an auto pilot? How long will the trip take? Can I bring somebody back with me? — BC
2) I understand that one can select one's temporal destination down to the second, but how do I select the precise geographical location? I wouldn't want to end up stuck in a thick wall, or under water. — BC
3) Will I still be "me" in 24 A.D.? — BC
6) Will I arrive knowing first century Latin — BC
4) Will the Rome of 24 or Boston of 2224 be "real" or simulacrum? — BC
Do I have to be at a very specific location (temporally and geographically) to return to the present? — BC
Time travel is impossible — Sir2u
Is time travel into the future anymore complicated than time travel into the past? — BC
and all debts — Vera Mont
He talks too straight for that job. — Sir2u
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