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    Cheap Time travel

    Stand in front of the mirror and see into the past. Albeit 3.33564095 nanoseconds into the past.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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    Walk to the loo to take a leak while the other half watches TV, and return to the sofa in her future. Probably a lot less than a few nano seconds.

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      #3
      Take a deep trip in a submarine and return having aged less than your pals you left behind.

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        #4
        Originally posted by SpontaneousOrder View Post
        Take a deep trip in a submarine and return having aged less than your pals you left behind.
        That's wrong isn't it? I thought time travelled slower at altitude?
        Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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          #5
          Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
          That's wrong isn't it? I thought time travelled slower at altitude?
          First time travels no where.

          Altitude has nothing to do with the rate of which time comes to pass but you're proximity to mass does.

          Were you to travel to the moon, how close could you get to the surface before the effects of time dilation begin to reverse as the distance between you and the earth grew? Bonus points for showing me your working.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #6
            Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
            That's wrong isn't it? I thought time travelled slower at altitude?
            No. The passage of time for someone approaching the event horizon of a black hole, for example, will approximate zero (from the perspective of an outside observer).

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              #7
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              First time travels no where.
              He didn't say it did.

              Altitude has nothing to do with the rate of which time comes to pass
              No but (relative) movement does. If you sit on the bottom of the ocean or on a hill, you are moving at a different speed.
              Last edited by d000hg; 24 January 2014, 10:57. Reason: Add 'relative' for the pedants.
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #8
                Time doesn't really matter but our perception of it does. If you want to live forever just watch party political broadcasts over and over again.
                bloggoth

                If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                  #9
                  I would like to say there's no such thing as 'now'.

                  It's quite difficult to remove this idea from your head once it's made a home. But as others have pointed out my 'now' will be moving at a different rate from your 'now'. There's no such thing as a universal 'now'.

                  Holding onto that thought, everybody's personal 'now', it's become possible that I could see into your past.

                  More worryingly it suggests that free will is an illusion. Regardless of how our 'nows' are played out our destination is the same.

                  Time for a coffee.
                  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #10
                    Get one of those mirrors from the funfair and MF can see 15 years in to the past.

                    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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