kvnchrist Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 If you could go back in time and change any political, social, catastrophic event in peace time or in war what would you change and how do you think that change would effect present day events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagrant0 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 People talk about killing Hitler and stopping WWII all the time, but ignore the fact that there was so much good in the world which came about from the aftermath of WWII, and countless lives which would have not interacted otherwise. What of those impossible futures which would normally be treated as a paradox due to a looping of events or a crossing of timelines? What if it isn't something so predictable as accidentally killing your grandfather, but rather removing other persons from existence who had indirect influences on your life? Without those influences, you may not have lasted through the rigors of life, been so technically sound to build a time machine, or been as emotionally stable. If any change to the time line causes a split where one proceeds as normal, and the other as your changes have affected them, who's to say that both futures didn't already exist, and that no real looping occured but rather a passing from one line to another. If all futures are valid, and can happen simultaneously, the only reason why you would go back in time is if you were meant to, at which point any motivation becomes secondary to whatever was meant to happen within the confines of that universe, and anything done is isolated from the universe which you were once part of. More importantly, what happens to your universe which has now suddenly lost mass, and to the other universe which now has mass that is made up of particles which are also present somewhere else within the same universe. Nevermind the displacement of that matter. Even if this is a miniscule amount of matter, it is still an imbalance that would likely end in catastrophe. Then there are all the viruses and other such stuff that are perfectly safe to you, but would lead to millions of deaths and epidemics if exposed to someone from even a few generations ago. So, undoubtedly, any sort of event you would try to stop would be dwarfed by the damage done by your mere arrival. So... I wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1848331User Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 My paradox senses are tingling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathWarrior Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Risking possible paradoxes, here's two situations I thought of: 1. Travel to the days of the Roman Empire and protect it from collapse, preventing the Dark Ages and possibly making the human race of present day hundreds or even thousands of years ahead in technology. 2. Travel to the mid to late Cold War (mid 70's - early 90's) and protect the USSR and the rest of the Eastern Bloc from collapse, which would possibly keep the world economy stable and influence American/Western/NATO foreign policy in a good way. But as much as a bad person as Hitler and the Nazis were, I wouldn't try to prevent what they've done because it would be a waste of time due to the possibility of the same persecution and murder of millions happening later in the altered timeline and World War 2 contributed to modern day technology. Edited July 24, 2011 by DeathWarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintlockecole Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Fight along side my Great Grandfather during the World War's, or at least see the collapse of the Roman Empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Win the lottery :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientSpaceAeon Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 (edited) Hitler amazingly got away from more than 40 perfectly planned assassination attempts. Maybe most of them are time travelers? :laugh: Edited July 24, 2011 by Ancient Aeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rausheim Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Would find a cavern, write down that the man with this specific DNA-string is the one that shall rule the world (Enter my DNA-string). Also perhaps draw a few drawnings of aliens etc and some random symbols etc. Perhaps also have a chat with the more famous people in history, Ceasar, Washington, Stalin, Hitler, Castro (during revolution), Lenin etc. Just for the sake of interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathWarrior Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I would also travel to November 11th and bring back with me a copy of Skyrim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rausheim Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 @DeathWarrior: Will most likely be on Steam Only and You'll have a problem activating it :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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