Some thoughts

mapuc · 06-15-13, 02:37 PM

In Denmark we have a saying:

You can't eat your cake and stil have it

Under this circumstances we are living under these days it is true

If we could time travel what then??

Let say I take a bite of a very delicious cake and eat it and then I travel 3 minutes back in time to the same spot. Now here's my thoughts

1. Will the cake be there untouched?
2. Will I see my self standing there drooling
3. The bite I had eaten in the future, will it still be in my stomach or have it disappeared during my time travel

Markus

Wolferz · 06-15-13, 03:03 PM

Oh Noooooo!
PARADOX!

u crank · 06-15-13, 03:31 PM

Mmmm..I like cake.

August · 06-15-13, 03:33 PM

1. Yes
2. Yes
3a. Yes
3b. No

MH · 06-15-13, 03:49 PM

In Denmark anything is possible.

Red October1984 · 06-15-13, 04:08 PM

Raptor1 · 06-15-13, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

1. Will the cake be there untouched?

Yes.

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Originally Posted by mapuc

2. Will I see my self standing there drooling

Yes.

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Originally Posted by mapuc

3. The bite I had eaten in the future, will it still be in my stomach or have it disappeared during my time travel

It'll still be there. In diverging timelines stopping yourself from eating it will not effect the original timeline in which you ate the cake. In a deterministic timeline you can't stop yourself from eating the cake no matter what you do. In an overwriting timeline it has already been determined that you've eaten the cake, so despite going back you haven't stopped yourself from eating the cake.

Mittelwaechter · 06-15-13, 04:14 PM

The real question is:

would you eat the cake at all, with yourself popping out of the future, telling you the story of the cake, just because you are curious to see what happens if you don't eat it?

August · 06-15-13, 05:00 PM

If we're going back in time can I bring this weeks winning lottery number with me?

Wolferz · 06-15-13, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by August

If we're going back in time can I bring this weeks winning lottery number with me?

And become Biff tannen? I think not.

August · 06-15-13, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

And become Biff tannen? I think not.

Biffs mistake is he went back too far. A week or two, a month at the most would be all you'd really need.

06-15-13, 02:37 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Some thoughts In Denmark we have a saying: You can't eat your cake and stil have it Under this circumstances we are living under these days it is true If we could time travel what then?? Let say I take a bite of a very delicious cake and eat it and then I travel 3 minutes back in time to the same spot. Now here's my thoughts 1. Will the cake be there untouched? 2. Will I see my self standing there drooling 3. The bite I had eaten in the future, will it still be in my stomach or have it disappeared during my time travel Markus

06-15-13, 03:03 PM	#2
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Oh Noooooo! PARADOX! __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Mmmm..I like cake. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	1. Yes 2. Yes 3a. Yes 3b. No __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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MH Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,184 Downloads: 248 Uploads: 0	In Denmark anything is possible.

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Mittelwaechter The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,304 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	The real question is: would you eat the cake at all, with yourself popping out of the future, telling you the story of the cake, just because you are curious to see what happens if you don't eat it? __________________ 10 happy wolves rear 90 blinded, ensnared sheep. 90 happy sheep banish the wolves. Arrest the 1% - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ6hg1oNeGE

06-15-13, 05:00 PM	#9
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If we're going back in time can I bring this weeks winning lottery number with me? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.