The Hippie Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 So, if you had the option to travel in time, whether it be to the past or to the future, would you want to? If so, how far in the past or future would you want to travel? Let us know why. For me, I would definitely travel to the past. That'd be to the late 1960s early 1970s. From what I know of that era, it just inspires me and I wish that the world would be a bit more like that today. The hippie generation, since I am a hippie at heart anyway, but just the way people treated one another with more love and trust. Those times were all about peace, freedom and love. Musicians who made music not for money, but for the love of music itself. Muscle cars! Some of the greatest cars ever made, engines built with raw power. The psychedelic scene, which is really interesting and can take you on some of the greatest experiences deep within your mind. The main downfall was the Vietnam war. But that, along with the civil rights movement led to protests which adds to the history and significance of that time. The late 60s early 70s era is one that I have always wanted to experience for myself. Power to the people! Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatchetPo Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Well if you're black traveling to the past is probably a bad idea in most places... I'll travel like 300 years into the future, Half Life 3 might be out by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvin Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Depends if I could return back to the present or not, either way I'd go past. For reasons I shall not explain Shine o' Vice | Vice City BETA Edition | Grand Theft Auto 3D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headmetalbanger Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 In the past: 80's by Heavy Metal music in many aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewas Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Past and Future. Past, to change some things in my life, erase my mistakes, make my life a bit easier, see life before I was born, etc... And the future to see the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner71 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) In the past: 80's by Heavy Metal music in many aspects. This I wish, seriously, I wish I could go to the 80's. Great music (dat rock music) nice cars (a combination of cars in traffic of cars from 60s to 80s)... the cities had more character back then, though some of them were more dangerous. Less technology; even if nowadays it's part of our lives and almost of us, I'm sick of being speaking with friends and they, at the same time, typing with the phone or hearing music. The movies; well, not gonna lie, there were some quite bad ones back then, but many more better movies than nowadays anyway. By other hand, that global political situation with the USSR and USA seemed somehow interesting. Edited June 22, 2013 by RoadRunner71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf of Badenoch Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Past: To relive moments with my late grandmother, or at least watch from a distance. Future: To see what it's like. Edited June 22, 2013 by Valenta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baguvix_wanrltw Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 If I had to choose one I'd rather go for the Groundhog Day kind of time travel. Being stuck in a perfect day. I think that's what christians refer to as heaven. Or, alternatively, the Donnie Darko kind. Not sure still what exactly happened in that movie. I thought I got it a few times but... nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reform Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I'd go to the past with knowledge of the outcomes of future sporting events so that I could bet on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Wolf Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 None, time travel IMO (if it existed) is totally wrong and NEVER should be done, going back in the past would modify the future and who knows how much trouble that could be caused by this, some good things may never happen if the past was modified and going into the future is just as bad, all my friends and family would be long dead (depending on if i take them or how long i would travel too) imagine if someone from the 21st century was to travel to the 45 century or so, you would look out of place and there most likely would be a lot of things in the time line you wouldn't understand, and if the laws change that you're not aware of then... Basically IMO if it was possible time travel is a very dangerous and troublesome thing, i only hope that it really is impossible and no one finds a way to archive it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 There is no time travel. If there was, someone would have gone back in time and wrote a Wikipedia article about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korpi Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 1985. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhus Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The future, for sure. It has always been a great wish of mine to see the Transhumanism movement take off in my lifetime, I don't think that will happen. I'd like to see if our descendants will ever cast off the shackles of our prudish ethics or if two hundred years from now they'll still be twiddling their thumbs, biting their lips and yammering on about the dangers of 'playing God'. I think I was born in the wrong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 The future. We already have texts and other historic records of the past. We all know what the past was like regardless of whether or not you were there. No one has seen the future. - no one has been there - no one knows what it is like. My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDagger Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Go far enough into the future so that immortality can be achieved, be immortal, then not have to worry about travelling any more forward because I know I won't miss any of it and going right at the start of the timeline would let me experience the most change. No reason to travel any more forward than that Pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paper Mario Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Future man! I want to experience full virtual reality! Finally feeling that you are in the game, being able too see, hear, smell, feel and taste just like in real life. And then do whatever you want in virtual reality gaming with friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwabs Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 There is no time travel. Time traveling to the future is possible actually. We don't have the means to do so yet, but the knowledge on how to do so is there. As for me, I'd go back to the past. Live my life all over again, make better decisions, other choices, etc. And after that, I 'll do it all over again. I 'll never die. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireDragon Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 There is no time travel. Time traveling to the future is possible actually. We don't have the means to do so yet, but the knowledge on how to do so is there. As for me, I'd go back to the past. Live my life all over again, make better decisions, other choices, etc. And after that, I 'll do it all over again. I 'll never die. ^^ But technically you'd be an adult. So you would not be able to live your life all over again unless just observing from the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raavi Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Even if something like this was feasible it won't be readily available, ever. Imagine everyone being able to change the course of history and the past, without anyone knowing. That would be simply said, disastrous. Sure if it could be manipulated in a way it would basically be an alternate reality without any nasty side-effects I would take a trip trough history and future from prehistorian times to the very distant future. One thing is sure, this won't be available in our lifetimes, our kids or grandkids lifetimes and so forth. Flying cars on the other hand, might. – overeducated wonk who fetishises compromise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunner71 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Well, and leaving all the science and boring sh*t apart, where would you travel to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 If we're talking time travel then I'd assume we have other forms of spatial travel covered along with it, right? If so, I'd travel to the time when the first living thing in the universe was created, wherever that may have been. Had it not been on our own planet, I'd also like to go back to see how it worked out here as well. I'd also love to go to the period right before the Cambrian Explosion really took off and see how life looked before, during, and shortly thereafter, firsthand... As well as going to the end of the Permian period and seeing the largest extinction event in our planets history. If I was going to go forward, I guess I'd probably go for similar landmarkish times. I'd like to see if/when the last humans die off. My hopes are that we'd be off the Earth and colonizing nearby solar systems, maybe pushing deeper into our galaxy. With that in mind, I don't think we'd die off for a while. However, if we never got the chance to leave this solar system then we'd surely have killed ourselves outright at some point between now and when our Sun eventually goes into its red giant phase. Aside from humanity's possible end, I'd also like to go forward and see if life is ever able to beat the everpresent heat death of the universe as it continues to expand and galaxies separate further and further until there is no observable universe outside the galaxy you were born in. Barring that, I'd like to see the eventual end of energy, as it were, where all of life is completely over for a long time by now and all that is left is an empty and ever-accelerating blackness that separates every bit of matter from one another. That's probably a way more dramatic depiction of it than what will actually happen but hey, if you're going to be hopeful about things like time machines and humanity surviving then why not try and see the end of the universe? Moth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 There is no time travel. Time traveling to the future is possible actually. We don't have the means to do so yet, but the knowledge on how to do so is there. As for me, I'd go back to the past. Live my life all over again, make better decisions, other choices, etc. And after that, I 'll do it all over again. I 'll never die. ^^ If we could time travel to the future, then someone would have travelled even further into the future to the point that we CAN travel back in time, thus creating the Wikipedia article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerdude Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 There is no time travel. If there was, someone would have gone back in time and wrote a Wikipedia article about it. But if someone came back, They would never have to come back to share time travel with us because we already would have it. Which means they would never have come back to give us time travel. Aren't Paradoxes fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abel. Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 So, if you had the option to travel in time, whether it be to the past or to the future, would you want to? If so, how far in the past or future would you want to travel? Let us know why. For me, I would definitely travel to the past. That'd be to the late 1960s early 1970s. From what I know of that era, it just inspires me and I wish that the world would be a bit more like that today. The hippie generation, since I am a hippie at heart anyway, but just the way people treated one another with more love and trust. Those times were all about peace, freedom and love. Musicians who made music not for money, but for the love of music itself. Muscle cars! Some of the greatest cars ever made, engines built with raw power. The psychedelic scene, which is really interesting and can take you on some of the greatest experiences deep within your mind. The main downfall was the Vietnam war. But that, along with the civil rights movement led to protests which adds to the history and significance of that time. The late 60s early 70s era is one that I have always wanted to experience for myself. Power to the people! Peace. Well this is slightly romanticized. Really your just speaking about the pleasant aspects of the era which endure in happy memory, not the darker things which we'd rather forget. You do have a point though. Communities were a lot stronger in those days in most parts, because people seldom traveled as far afield and stayed closer to home. You also raise a good point about the Civil Rights Movement. A part of me would love to see how a SNCC sit-in prior to the radicalization of the movement would've panned out, or see Rosa Parks daring and courageous act on that bus. I'd also love to hear MLK's famous speech, and see a Nation of Islam rally to see the contrast of both sides of the fight for black justice. Of course, remembering the people who dedicated their lives to the movement is enough really. I suppose it would also be cool to go back to medieval Europe (with immunity to all the ailments of the time of course) just to see how much it really resembles the High Fantasy we all love. I'd like to meet the guy who came up with the first story of a knight and a fair maiden, or a dragon-slayer or some now-cliched yarn or another. All that stuff is so predictable in modern fantasy and it would be interesting to hear the source material. To that end, asking someone about dragons would be cool--obviously dragons existing or ever having existed is total bollocks, but learning that the first tale of a first dragon was made up buy some viking pissed off his arse on mead would be f*cking priceless. @Tyler: You've put me to shame mate. As a mathematics student, witnessing the end of the universe should be far higher my list of time-traveling priorities than hassling drunken vikings about dragons and impressing fair maidens with my smart phone. Most cosmologists think that the universe is flat, that is, the rate of expansion will asymptotically approach zero so expansion will eventually end and the universe will reach a finite size. Big Crunch is more exciting however, and the idea of the death of one universe bringing forth the birth of another is very elegant. It'd be interesting to see which of the (three) theories turns out to be correct. In the end, I don't think I'd want to be able to time-travel. Using it to fix personal problems would become too tempting, and even though I live with regrets, I like to think that I've learned from my mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crokey Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Scientific causality arguments aside. Past: 1. 0BC - I'd go there and come back with photos and say "Look Christians, he's short, dumpy and bald with dark olive skin, not white, 6'5" with full head of flowing hair... plus he was just a magician guys"... pipebomb. 2. 64m years ago (approx) - Just to see how the dinosaurs kiffed it. 3. Germany 1945 - "Suicide my ass, take that you one balled son of a bitch" 4. 22 November 1963 Dallas, Texas - The Grassy Knoll... "Dammit Captain Kangaroo beat me to it." 5. 16 years ago - I'd tell myself not to do that thing with the... you know and the other thing with... you know that person... yeah you know the thing I'm on about Future: 1. Dunno, don't know much about it, but at a guess, I'd love to go to the time when we're like flying on space ships and sh*t and blasting weird ass aliens with lasers, plasma torpedoes and sh*t and making love to green women and having fights with green lizard alien things in a desert just outside LA, all Captain Kirk style. 2. This Wednesday so I can see what the Eurolottery numbers were and then come back and buy a ticket and scoop all £157m+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 @Tyler: You've put me to shame mate. As a mathematics student, witnessing the end of the universe should be far higher my list of time-traveling priorities than hassling drunken vikings about dragons and impressing fair maidens with my smart phone. Most cosmologists think that the universe is flat, that is, the rate of expansion will asymptotically approach zero so expansion will eventually end and the universe will reach a finite size. Big Crunch is more exciting however, and the idea of the death of one universe bringing forth the birth of another is very elegant. It'd be interesting to see which of the (three) theories turns out to be correct. I should revise my post, I completely forgot the acceleration would eventually end. What a mistake on my part. I don't know if a Big Crunch is feasible, but the uniform layout of a still universe, suspended indefinitely, would be pretty amazing. In any event, I suppose seeing the end itself is just as spectacular as knowing which end we'll be seeing. Either way I'll save a spot for you on my time machine if you bring me a few wenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abel. Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) @Tyler: You've put me to shame mate. As a mathematics student, witnessing the end of the universe should be far higher my list of time-traveling priorities than hassling drunken vikings about dragons and impressing fair maidens with my smart phone. Most cosmologists think that the universe is flat, that is, the rate of expansion will asymptotically approach zero so expansion will eventually end and the universe will reach a finite size. Big Crunch is more exciting however, and the idea of the death of one universe bringing forth the birth of another is very elegant. It'd be interesting to see which of the (three) theories turns out to be correct. I should revise my post, I completely forgot the acceleration would eventually end. What a mistake on my part. I don't know if a Big Crunch is feasible, but the uniform layout of a still universe, suspended indefinitely, would be pretty amazing. In any event, I suppose seeing the end itself is just as spectacular as knowing which end we'll be seeing. Either way I'll save a spot for you on my time machine if you bring me a few wenches. I think you were on about Big Yawn mate, wherein the universe will expand indefinitely. I get them confused often to be honest. Christ, advanced cosmology is built on mathematics which is as yet far beyond my scope. These interpretations with words probably don't do the mathematics justice. I'm also not sure if I'd want to visit medieval Europe. The girls like Ros in Game of Thrones are bloody stunning, as is the lady with whom Adso is infatuated in the Name of The Rose, but I'd probably just see peasant girls with no teeth, ruining my preconceptions somewhat. Edited June 22, 2013 by elanman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Traveling to the past is... complicated. Traveling to the past and then returning to your current time-line is next to impossible. I don't think I'd bother taking the risk. Who the hell knows what "present" might be like after the voyage. Future and return is much more straight forward. I think I'd stick to that. Probably not a very distant future, either. Again, who knows what's going to happen. I'd take it slow. Next decade. Next century. Maybe try a millennium forward. After that, I'm sure I'd have very different ideas in my head about what'd be neat to visit. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBrick142 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 None, time travel IMO (if it existed) is totally wrong and NEVER should be done, going back in the past would modify the future and who knows how much trouble that could be caused by this, some good things may never happen if the past was modified and going into the future is just as bad, all my friends and family would be long dead (depending on if i take them or how long i would travel too) imagine if someone from the 21st century was to travel to the 45 century or so, you would look out of place and there most likely would be a lot of things in the time line you wouldn't understand, and if the laws change that you're not aware of then... Basically IMO if it was possible time travel is a very dangerous and troublesome thing, i only hope that it really is impossible and no one finds a way to archive it Exactly my thoughts. It would be beter not to mess up anything and leave it as it is. But if I have to choose, Past. I want to see how life looked before without modern technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudy Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Early to mid 90's would be nice. Backpack full of laptops and tablets, smartphones, ebook readers, mp3 players and external hard drives and usb-sticks loaded with everything you can think of. Books, magazines, music, movies and especially information about the stock exchange. I'd make myself a multi-millionaire or more with the dot.com boom. And the, I'd upload some interesting medical and other useful information to the internet, Invest in Google etc.. Too many things to count really. You could even troll the movie and music industry with those movies and music while you're at it. PS. I'd also make an anonymous tip to the airports pre-911. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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