Who came up with the idea of traveling back in time to kill Hitler as an
infant, anyway? In this video, we find out that the concept of a time
machine is pretty recent in the scheme of things. However, the concept
of using it to kill Hitler is older then you think. Vox spoke to author James Gleick, who wrote
Time Travel: A History,
about the possibility of changing history by killing Adolph Hitler
before he came to power, or even before he could fight back. Would you
do it? Even assuming time travel was possible,
could you do it?
Not only does the question bring out certain personality traits in
those discussing it, it also delves into one’s understanding of the
nature of time. (Thanks, Phil Edwards!)
IF, and that's a big IF, we developed time travel we would end up in the vacuum of space and die.
ReplyDeleteWe know how fast the earth spins.
We know how fast the earth goes round the sun.
What we have absolutely no idea of is how fast and in what direction our universe is moving in the vast infinitude of whatever is out there.
It would be a bit like stepping off an aeroplane in the middle of the night and hoping to land on one's own doorstep.
The Doctor, if you should ever meet him, does have a map of infinity and thus is able to navigate in time.
Infinity, like Chaos, is only comprehensible if you divide it by 101010.