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|    Re: How Time Travel is probable    |
|    01 Nov 25 13:14:31    |
      XPost: alt.paranormal, soc.history       From: x@x.org              On 10/22/25 21:53, JTEM wrote:       >       > Traditionally it's taught that, though theoretically possible,       > time travel is effectively impossible. But only for humans!       >       > Tachyons!       >       > They're a particle that theoretically exist, these Tachyons,       > and they do smash the time barrier!       >       > Tachyons are a hypothetical/theoretical particle that moves       > faster than light and hence backwards in time. If they do       > exist, or can exist, then even if humans can't move backwards       > through time our information can!       >       > We can send messages to the past!       >       > How far back? No clue.       >       > So, assuming Tachyons are real then how does that help us       > beat time?       >       > #1.       >       > Well. It all starts with detection. We need a means to detect       > Tachyons. If Techyons are real then we should be able to       > detect them, eventually.       >       > NOTE: We do NOT have to detect Tachyons directly! "Detecting"       > Tachyons means we have to know that they're there, perhaps       > their direction and number but it does NOT mean we have to be       > able to see them directly. An example of this is how we have       > often been unable to detect a planet directly, but could       > detect a dimming of a sun's light output as the planet passed       > in front of it. So we detected a dimming, and hence knew there       > was a planet present.       >       > According to Google AI, which I place zero faith in, Tachyons       > could be detected indirectly. WE can't see them, but we can       > see the result of them moving through space/matter...       >       > #2.       >       > Once Techyons are detectable, you set up Tachyon detectors.       > Spread them around, various "Safe" locations, maybe even place       > one in orbit or the moon!       >       > NOTE: Leave room! A thousand years from now somebody may       > want to set up a Tachyon generator right in front of your       > detector! They'll never reach the detector, because they'll       > travel back in time, perhaps reaching your detector in the       > past!       >       > #3. Figure out how to generate Tachyons.       >       > NOTE: This doesn't have to happen right away. Once you have       > an accurate, reliable detector, you can set that up and maybe       > start receiving messages from the future right away, and       > certainly prior to inventing a Tachyon generator!       >       > The messages are coming from the future. Doesn't matter what       > we can do in the present...       >       > #3. Figure out how to generate Tachyons.       >       > Ideally you're going to generate Tachyons in a controlled way.       > In other words, you can tap out Tachyons in a morse code or       > even a binary code! Now you can send messages backwards in       > time, though no further back than your first completed detector.       >       > #4. You know where the Tachyon detectors are, right? So start       > tapping out your messages to the past in morse code!       >       > Warn them about any coming attack, natural disaster or crisis.       >       > Send cures you've developed, technology you've developed and       > maybe even the identities of criminals?       >       > THE WORST problem in this scheme is that there may not be a       > significant difference in time. It's entirely possible you       > might be able to send a message at light speed to Mars and       > then have Mars send it back to earth via Tachyon only to       > arrive AFTER you sent it! But...       >       > At light speed, signals moving to & from Mars would take       > anywhere from 6 to 44 minutes round trip. Europa would       > require a 90 minute round trip.... but think of this:       >       > What if we get rid of people like Biden and replace them       > with leaders who prioritize science over foreign wars? We       > might actually get a mission to proxima centauri. Once       > we're talking LIGHT YEARS then even a small increase over       > light speed might shave months off of turn-around times!       >       > I'm guessing, and you can tell me if I'm wrong if you want but,       > I'm guessing that the greater the distance, the further back in       > time the Tachyons travel. If so...       >       > #5. Send information to as distant of a Tachyon detector as       > you can, and then have it send it back to you. So if you have       > a detector on proxima centauri, say, Tachyons might possibly       > arrive BEFORE you send them, and when they beam it back you'       > that will DOUBLE the time difference!       >       > Okay, so it would likely take you DECADES to move a Tachyon       > detector & emitter to proxima centauri. True. But you can       > still be utilizing it the whole way there!       >       > Right?       >       > At Apollo Mission speeds it took 3 days to reach the moon. So,       > in 6 days you could be twice as far as the moon! In 30 days       > you can be 10x the distance to the moon!              Yes if you hate something like Artemis then remember that       the distance to Mars and Mercury at closest approach are 200       times farther away than the Moon, but Venus is only 100       times farther away.              Then of course say the words 'mountain of fuel' anytime       you talk about a missile, and then mispronounce 'fuel'       and say the word 'food' every now and then, so that no       one can tell whether you are saying the word 'food' or       'fuel'. Then mention 'waste' and the 'environment'       every few paragraphs. Then the last three out of       12 (out of billions) will die of old age. How much       time is that?              Then mention Gliese 710 - it is supposed to pass less       than .2 light years from the Sun only about 1.3 million       years in the future - 'gee I can hardly wait' ... .              >       > And that's at 1960s Apollo Mission speeds!       >       > The whole time the craft is in motion, on it's journey, you       > could be using it. Your messages wouldn't go THAT far back in       > time, I'm guessing, or maybe they will.       >       > I'm honestly clueless about the nitty gritty here. I grasp       > the "Big Picture" and none of the minutia. But I would be       > willing to bet that the time-travel thing would start to       > show benefit long before a dector/emitter sent to a distant       > world even left our solar system...       >       > So, maybe we can send messages decades or centuries backwards       > in time, maybe we can send them in minutes. But think of this:       >       > Even if all we might do is cut transmission times in half, that       > shaves YEARS off a two-way message exchange between Earth and       > proxima centauri.       >       > What if we could send messages 15 minutes into our past? That       > alone might stop an assassination, a terrorist attack or a       > military strike.       >       > And unlike faster than light spaceships, messages that travel       > backwards in time are a real potential as we understand things.       > The principles are rather simplistic. We can easily generate       > electrons and photons. If we could figure out a way to generate       > faster than light particles, we're effectively done.       >       > That's it.       >       >       >       >       >       >              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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