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AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:30:27 PM #1:	basically when they get to the time-traveling they get stuck in a loop because if they're time-traveling present day must have already happened therefore it's always been happening fix plz <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885694496] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>basically when they get to the time-traveling they get stuck in a loop because if they're time-traveling present day must have already happened therefore it's always been happening fix plz</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 08/29/17 11:31:33 PM #2:	Travel back in time to prevent yourself adding time-travel shenanigans. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:885694544] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Travel back in time to prevent yourself adding time-travel shenanigans.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:32:58 PM #3:	plz solve this paradox <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885694605] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>plz solve this paradox</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
salandrews 08/29/17 11:34:42 PM #4:	Make it a jump to another dimension in which the reality takes place at the time you dialed your jump. Yours moves on without you and now you're a visitor to theirs. --- "This is war. There are no spectator seats on the battlefield." - Griffith <cite>salandrews posted [p:885694679] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Make it a jump to another dimension in which the reality takes place at the time you dialed your jump. Yours moves on without you and now you're a visitor to theirs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 08/29/17 11:35:16 PM #5:	I did. If you travel back in time to convince yourself to not add time-travel shenanigans to your story, it will be as though it always happened this way, and thus your bad idea to add time-travel never existed. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:885694698] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>I did. If you travel back in time to convince yourself to not add time-travel shenanigans to your story, it will be as though it always happened this way, and thus your bad idea to add time-travel never existed.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DreadedWave 08/29/17 11:35:26 PM #6:	Stable time loop. --- http://i.imgur.com/ngBbHlM.png <cite>DreadedWave posted [p:885694709] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Stable time loop.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:37:33 PM #7:	Time traveling inherently places you in a different World Line. Thus, you prevent your other self from time traveling in his world line, but you still traveled in yours without causality violation. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885694824] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Time traveling inherently places you in a different World Line. Thus, you prevent your other self from time traveling in his world line, but you still traveled in yours without causality violation.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PiOverlord 08/29/17 11:38:17 PM #8:	Just don't care about the loophole. People will just accept it, as most just accept what the story tells them. --- Number of legendary 500 post topics: 26, 500th posts: 16; PiO ATTN: 2 Thank the lord, the PiOverlord! RotM wins 1 <cite>PiOverlord posted [p:885694856] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Just don't care about the loophole. People will just accept it, as most just accept what the story tells them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 08/29/17 11:39:18 PM #9:	Coffeebeanz posted... Time traveling inherently places you in a different World Line. Thus, you prevent your other self from time traveling in his world line, but you still traveled in yours without causality violation. --- http://i.imgur.com/wKOoZkP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mipFVFw.png http://backloggery.com/SolarCrimson <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:885694903] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>Coffeebeanz posted...</cite> <quote>Time traveling inherently places you in a different World Line. Thus, you prevent your other self from time traveling in his world line, but you still traveled in yours without causality violation.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:41:24 PM #10:	The only way to return to your own world line is to undo literally every single quantum change due to your arrival in that world line, and then travel back to the point you came from. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885695006] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>The only way to return to your own world line is to undo literally every single quantum change due to your arrival in that world line, and then travel back to the point you came from.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 08/29/17 11:41:34 PM #11:	DreadedWave posted... Stable time loop. This is the easiest one to understand and the easiest way to avoid any plotholes. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:885695011] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>DreadedWave posted...</cite> <quote>Stable time loop.</quote> This is the easiest one to understand and the easiest way to avoid any plotholes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackHorse6969 08/29/17 11:42:47 PM #12:	beat FF1 to get the answer --- http://i.imgur.com/dMnyy10.jpg <cite>BlackHorse6969 posted [p:885695066] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>beat FF1 to get the answer</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:42:48 PM #13:	im not talking about causing rifts in the space-time continuum. im talking about loops. <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695068] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>im not talking about causing rifts in the space-time continuum. im talking about loops.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:43:54 PM #14:	In any case, there would be a universe with a past and future version of you co-existing together, and another universe where you ceased to exist from the moment you time travelled onward. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885695113] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>In any case, there would be a universe with a past and future version of you co-existing together, and another universe where you ceased to exist from the moment you time travelled onward.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:45:13 PM #15:	there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695168] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:45:54 PM #16:	AlternativeFAQS posted... there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt There's nothing sci fi about it. That's how quantum mechanics works. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885695196] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> There's nothing sci fi about it. That's how quantum mechanics works.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
salandrews 08/29/17 11:46:07 PM #17:	AlternativeFAQS posted... there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt No sci fi BS Wants to discuss time travel Wut --- "This is war. There are no spectator seats on the battlefield." - Griffith <cite>salandrews posted [p:885695203] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> No sci fi BS Wants to discuss time travel Wut</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 08/29/17 11:46:28 PM #18:	AlternativeFAQS posted... there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt >"scifi BS" >time travel --- http://i.imgur.com/wKOoZkP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mipFVFw.png http://backloggery.com/SolarCrimson <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:885695221] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> >"scifi BS" >time travel</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Offworlder1 08/29/17 11:48:08 PM #19:	Sex, sex is always a good answer. --- "Always two there are, a master and an apprentice" <cite>Offworlder1 posted [p:885695298] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Sex, sex is always a good answer.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 08/29/17 11:48:18 PM #20:	There are only two time travel stories I can think of that make total sense with no plotholes. Terminator 1 that didn't have any sequels Quantum Break That's it. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:885695305] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>There are only two time travel stories I can think of that make total sense with no plotholes. Terminator 1 that didn't have any sequels Quantum Break That's it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:48:32 PM #21:	Solar_Crimson posted... AlternativeFAQS posted... there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt >"scifi BS" >time travel Time dilation alone allows us to travel into the future. That's a fundamental part of General Relativity. Interstellar sort-of touches on this when the two astronauts land on that planet orbiting the supermassive black hole. The time dilation is so extreme on the planet that just a few minutes on the surface results in 20 years passing in orbit. Admittedly travel to the past is much more theoretical. It requires a multiverse or some kind of mechanism to prevent paradoxes, like we were talking about. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885695312] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> >"scifi BS" >time travel</quote> Time dilation alone allows us to travel into the future. That's a fundamental part of General Relativity. Interstellar sort-of touches on this when the two astronauts land on that planet orbiting the supermassive black hole. The time dilation is so extreme on the planet that just a few minutes on the surface results in 20 years passing in orbit. Admittedly travel to the past is much more theoretical. It requires a multiverse or some kind of mechanism to prevent paradoxes, like we were talking about.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:48:45 PM #22:	Solar_Crimson posted... AlternativeFAQS posted... there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt >"scifi BS" >time travel gg qq i time traveled once. but i didnt do anything i hadnt done before BECAUSE IT'S ALL ALREADY HAPPENED fucking time loops <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695322] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>Solar_Crimson posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>there is only one universe. none of that scifi BS itt</quote> >"scifi BS" >time travel</quote> gg qq i time traveled once. but i didnt do anything i hadnt done before BECAUSE IT'S ALL ALREADY HAPPENED fucking time loops</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/29/17 11:49:43 PM #23:	I've been traveling through time since I was born. forward in time, at a rate of exactly 1 second per second --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885695357] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>I've been traveling through time since I was born. forward in time, at a rate of exactly 1 second per second</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:51:49 PM #24:	my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened? <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695445] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/29/17 11:54:07 PM #25:	AlternativeFAQS posted... my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened? depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885695557] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened?</quote> depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Coffeebeanz 08/29/17 11:54:30 PM #26:	To me, the most mind-blowing realization for time dilation and time travel is what happens to the external universe as you approach a gravitational singularity. The time dilation becomes infinite as you approach the singularity, so the external universe would appear to be going infinitely fast into the future. All that light that ever existed in the universe from the birth of the singularity onward would be viewable at the same time. --- Physician [Internal Medicine] <cite>Coffeebeanz posted [p:885695575] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>To me, the most mind-blowing realization for time dilation and time travel is what happens to the external universe as you approach a gravitational singularity. The time dilation becomes infinite as you approach the singularity, so the external universe would appear to be going infinitely fast into the future. All that light that ever existed in the universe from the birth of the singularity onward would be viewable at the same time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/29/17 11:55:10 PM #27:	averagejoel posted... AlternativeFAQS posted... my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened? depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop? <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695602] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened?</quote> depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without</quote> what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 08/29/17 11:59:19 PM #28:	AlternativeFAQS posted... what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop? Lets just say I time travelled on 10am today back to the 90's for a day. I spend an entire day in the 90's before returning to 10:30am today. In that half an hour period today I did not exist in the present time. But I experienced a day in the 90's and have aged a day in the past despite only half an hour passing in the present. Unless I gave my 90's self knowledge from the future I would have no reason to know anything about my time travel adventure until I experienced it. Life itself is still linear despite jumping through time. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:885695787] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop?</quote> Lets just say I time travelled on 10am today back to the 90's for a day. I spend an entire day in the 90's before returning to 10:30am today. In that half an hour period today I did not exist in the present time. But I experienced a day in the 90's and have aged a day in the past despite only half an hour passing in the present. Unless I gave my 90's self knowledge from the future I would have no reason to know anything about my time travel adventure until I experienced it. Life itself is still linear despite jumping through time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/30/17 12:00:18 AM #29:	AlternativeFAQS posted... averagejoel posted... AlternativeFAQS posted... my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened? depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop? are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885695825] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote>my question is if you time travel and you end back to present day and you realize that all this must have already happened, how do you not know that it's already happened?</quote> depending on your interpretation of how these things work, there could be two versions of you - one with knowledge, one without</quote> what about the second loop? you'd know by then? what about the 9000th loop?</quote> are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/30/17 12:02:43 AM #30:	averagejoel posted... are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts what's the differece <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885695929] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts </quote> what's the differece</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 08/30/17 12:10:27 AM #31:	How you solve a paradox depends on how you write your story. Time Travel doesn't actually exist in the way it's used in fiction, so as long as the logic is internally consistent it's fine. Why do you need to know? And can you give a specific scenario? --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:885696240] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>How you solve a paradox depends on how you write your story. Time Travel doesn't actually exist in the way it's used in fiction, so as long as the logic is internally consistent it's fine. Why do you need to know? And can you give a specific scenario?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unquestionable 08/30/17 12:10:54 AM #32:	Darmik posted... There are only two time travel stories I can think of that make total sense with no plotholes. Terminator 1 that didn't have any sequels Quantum Break That's it. Steins;Gate motherfucker, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time. --- Immanentize the eschaton <cite>Unquestionable posted [p:885696260] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>There are only two time travel stories I can think of that make total sense with no plotholes. Terminator 1 that didn't have any sequels Quantum Break That's it.</quote> Steins;Gate motherfucker, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 08/30/17 12:12:20 AM #33:	Unquestionable posted... Steins;Gate motherf**er, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time. It's also ~~super depressing when you consider how* time travel actually works in that universe.~~ But yeah, I second this. Steins;Gate is a must if you like time travel stories. --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:885696325] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>Unquestionable posted...</cite> <quote>Steins;Gate motherf***er, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time.</quote> It's also super depressing when you consider how time travel actually works in that universe. But yeah, I second this. Steins;Gate is a must if you like time travel stories.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/30/17 12:13:36 AM #34:	AlisLandale posted... Why do you need to know? I have an NDA, sorry <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885696386] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Why do you need to know?</quote> I have an NDA, sorry</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/30/17 12:14:26 AM #35:	AlternativeFAQS posted... averagejoel posted... are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts what's the differece a temporal loop is like what happens in the movie Groundhog Day - someone, or possibly the whole world, relives a set period of time, over and over. it could, in theory, continue forever with no one ever getting older time travel is like, someone explicitly travels to the past or the future. they continue to age, and if they returned to the present afterwards, they would have aged normally --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885696423] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>are you talking about a temporal loop or someone traveling back in time? they're two different concepts </quote> what's the differece</quote> a temporal loop is like what happens in the movie Groundhog Day - someone, or possibly the whole world, relives a set period of time, over and over. it could, in theory, continue forever with no one ever getting older time travel is like, someone explicitly travels to the past or the future. they continue to age, and if they returned to the present afterwards, they would have aged normally</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 08/30/17 12:15:22 AM #36:	Pls explain your supposed Paradox? >_> Guy time travels from present day to another point. (Past?) ... Now what happens? --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:885696461] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Pls explain your supposed Paradox? >_> Guy time travels from present day to another point. (Past?) ... Now what happens?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/30/17 12:16:02 AM #37:	AlisLandale posted... Unquestionable posted... Steins;Gate motherf**er, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time. It's also ~~super depressing when you consider how* time travel actually works in that universe.~~ But yeah, I second this. Steins;Gate is a must if you like time travel stories. oh damn I've gotta watch that now. I love time shenanigans --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885696493] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Unquestionable posted...</cite> <quote>Steins;Gate motherf***er, play it or watch it. In any case it's probably one of the best written time travel stories of all time.</quote> It's also super depressing when you consider how time travel actually works in that universe. But yeah, I second this. Steins;Gate is a must if you like time travel stories.</quote> oh damn I've gotta watch that now. I love time shenanigans</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlternativeFAQS 08/30/17 12:16:59 AM #38:	AlisLandale posted... Now what happens? he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened. <cite>AlternativeFAQS posted [p:885696528] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Now what happens? </quote> he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 08/30/17 12:18:19 AM #39:	AlternativeFAQS posted... AlisLandale posted... Now what happens? he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened. yeah it sounds to me like you're talking about a Temporal Loop --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:885696585] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Now what happens? </quote> he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened.</quote> yeah it sounds to me like you're talking about a Temporal Loop</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 08/30/17 12:21:13 AM #40:	AlternativeFAQS posted... AlisLandale posted... Now what happens? he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened. Only if time travel involves you becoming your past self. Which usually isn't the case. There's also the time travel where you use a machine or portal or whatever and there will be two of you in the past. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:885696715] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Now what happens? </quote> he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened.</quote> Only if time travel involves you becoming your past self. Which usually isn't the case. There's also the time travel where you use a machine or portal or whatever and there will be two of you in the past.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aristoph 08/30/17 12:21:52 AM #41:	AlternativeFAQS posted... AlisLandale posted... Now what happens? he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened. Then that's a temporal loop, not time travel. Time travel is literal travel. The "old version" of himself is still there doing what he did originally, and there is now a second "future version" of him that has traveled backwards in time. They do not inhabit the same body. The "old version" would, at the moment time catches back up to the point where the time travel happened, go ahead and travel backwards in time and live out the actions that the "future version" performed during that same time frame. The "future version" would, at the moment time catches back up to the point where the time travel happened, go on and continue doing whatever it wanted without traveling back in time again. --- PSN ID: Aristoph http://www.youtube.com/user/SotCRules <cite>Aristoph posted [p:885696740] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Now what happens? </quote> he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened.</quote> Then that's a temporal loop, not time travel. Time travel is literal travel. The "old version" of himself is still there doing what he did originally, and there is now a second "future version" of him that has traveled backwards in time. They do not inhabit the same body. The "old version" would, at the moment time catches back up to the point where the time travel happened, go ahead and travel backwards in time and live out the actions that the "future version" performed during that same time frame. The "future version" would, at the moment time catches back up to the point where the time travel happened, go on and continue doing whatever it wanted without traveling back in time again.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale 08/30/17 12:23:46 AM #42:	AlternativeFAQS posted... AlisLandale posted... Now what happens? he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened. Oh this is easy. Unless the time travel is a universal rewind, there is no loop. Guy (18 years old) travels back from 2000 one year and lives 1999 out normally. When 2000 happens again, He is now Guy (19 years old). Guy (18 years old) still exists in 2000 of course, and will travel back in time as already happened. The real paradox happens when Old Guy and Young Guy interact, and prevent Young Guy from time travelling as he originally did. But then, if you're not Old Guy, it's not your problem. --- Currently Binging: Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex http://i.imgtc.com/YQId2Bz.png <cite>AlisLandale posted [p:885696810] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote><cite>AlternativeFAQS posted...</cite> <quote><cite>AlisLandale posted...</cite> <quote>Now what happens? </quote> he continues to present day to the point where he goes back in time again. he has to since it's already happened.</quote> Oh this is easy. Unless the time travel is a universal rewind, there is no loop. Guy (18 years old) travels back from 2000 one year and lives 1999 out normally. When 2000 happens again, He is now Guy (19 years old). Guy (18 years old) still exists in 2000 of course, and will travel back in time as already happened. The real paradox happens when Old Guy and Young Guy interact, and prevent Young Guy from time travelling as he originally did. But then, if you're not Old Guy, it's not your problem.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tri sapphire 08/30/17 12:28:42 AM #43:	Depends on the plothole. --- "If history is to change, let it change! If the world is to be destroyed, so be it! If my fate is to be destroyed...I must simply laugh!!."- Magus <cite>tri sapphire posted [p:885697008] in how do you... [t:75722440]...</cite> <quote>Depends on the plothole.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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