Posted on 08/22/2007 8:15:35 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
A new concept for a time machine could possibly enable distant future generations to travel into the past, research now suggests.
Unlike past ideas for time machines, this new concept does not require exotic, theoretical forms of matter.
Still, this new idea requires technology far more advanced than anything existing today, and major questions remain as to whether any time machine would ever prove stable enough to enable actual travel back in time.
Time travel research is based on bending space-time so much that time lines actually turn back on themselves to form a loop, technically known as a "closed time-like curve."
"We know that bending does happen all the time, but we want the bending to be strong enough and to take a special form where the lines of time make closed loops," said theoretical physicist Amos Ori at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. "We are trying to find out if it is possible to manipulate space-time to develop in such a way."
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The interesting thing is...this theory did work....!
Is that a real ad?
“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?”
I was just playing around with my time machine today.
I wanted to go back to 1992. That was a pivotal year. Remember? George Bush was re-elected. Think of what that caused. The Muslims bombed the World Trade Center the next year and killed a handful of people.
Fortunately, Bush had all his army divisions available, and basically bombed and battered the fledging Al-Qaeda organization back to nothing. They’ve hardly bothered us at all since then.
Anyway, I went back to 1992 and nothing happened. Actually, I did see Ross Perot and mentioned “hey, with your money, I bet you could run for president!” I’m sure nothing came of that.
“...Time travel research is based on bending space-time so much that time lines actually turn back on themselves to form a loop, technically known as a “closed time-like curve.”...”
Sounds like Groundhog Day.
A great line in an otherwise crappy movie. Extra points for obscurity.
'Them' wasn't it? Good premise for a movie. Needed a bigger budget. Maybe some punching-up of the script.
Didn’t I read this post tomorrow?
Some mentally deficient scientists will say anything to get a grant or to become famous.
There is no such thing as “Time travel” and there will never be.
This one? Real f**king ugly...
You... you look like your face fell in the cheese dip back in 1957.
I've got one that can see...
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What's the threat? We all sell out every day - Might as well be on the winning team!
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John Carpenter's "They Live" isn't just a movie, it's a manual for survivial...LOL (My aplogies to fans of The Lost Boys for that brazen act of theft)
Col Sanders
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