an elegant proof of why time travel will not be possible in my life-time
here is an elegant proof of why time travel will not be possible in my life-time:
1) if time-travel becomes possible in the future (within my life-time), i will do my utmost to ensure i get to have a go on the machine
2) once in the machine i will set the time and location to 1635, ten minutes from now, back here in 311.
3) once back here, i will leave a marker (say a cheese sandwich) on the desk
4) thus, if in ten minutes a cheese sandwich does not appear, we can be sure that they will not have invented time travel within my life time.
i'll let you know the results in a minute.
1) if time-travel becomes possible in the future (within my life-time), i will do my utmost to ensure i get to have a go on the machine
2) once in the machine i will set the time and location to 1635, ten minutes from now, back here in 311.
3) once back here, i will leave a marker (say a cheese sandwich) on the desk
4) thus, if in ten minutes a cheese sandwich does not appear, we can be sure that they will not have invented time travel within my life time.
i'll let you know the results in a minute.
posted by jim at 3:31 PM
3 Comments:
superb, at last a true test of science without error bars. I eagerly anticipate the sandwich
of course, if true, it will mean a future copy of me walking through the door (presumably as an old man) with a cheese sandwich. that would be odd indeed. i'd imagine it's going to screw up the space-time continuum.
What if the "scientific establishment" don't let you use their brand spanking new time machine. Then you could never quite be sure.
Any updates on the cheese sandwich?
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