lemit Posted August 6, 2009 Report Posted August 6, 2009 So . . . at the time you depart the present, the universe is diminished by the mass you constitute? If you travel back one second, then for that second, the universe is increased by the mass you have added to it? There are then two of you, for that second? If that is not the case, then what is it that travels into the past? Your soul? If it is the case, then given enough time and effort (or let's just say effort; time is apparently not a problem), you could populate the world all by yourself, with geometrically increasing herds of yourself which you could then theoretically take back to some time in the past and, in this theoretical world, assassinate Hitler while he is still an artist in Vienna, or even mount an army of yourselves to defeat him in World War II, when the world understands the danger he poses. Who knows, maybe a gang of yous (linguistic details to be worked out in the theoretical past) could throttle Lavoisier before he had a chance to develop the theory that makes your theoretical time travel a little more difficult. Just a theory. --lemit Quote
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