• MNByChoice
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    6 months ago

    Time travel is it’s own reward. We can study Ancient Rome or anything. Space probes sent to the extreme past would be very useful.

    I do not expect “kill Hitler” or “fix my love life” to be the driving force in the multi billion dollar effort for time travel.

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      6 months ago

      Ok but then going back to study and learn would probably include a policy of non-intervention. So how would you know we aren’t constantly surrounded by time travelers blending in?

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        6 months ago

        We won’t unless they screw up.

        Is our detection of them important? It is disappointing to not have obvious time travelers.

        What would one anticipate a time traveler to do in the current time?

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          6 months ago

          That’s kind of the entire conversation we’re having. If time travel exists, then why hasn’t the past been improved, led to is it even possible to improve on the past, led to would time travelers be able to change anything, led to how would we know if time travel exists. Is it important? Only if you want to answer any of the questions we’ve asked. What would we anticipate they do? That’s all of the questions we’ve asked.