Comments on: Is Time Travel Possible?

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:32:30 +0000

I dont get It. Does that mean im stupid?

By: Floater

Floater — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:30:16 +0000

Yesterday I thought that this would happen… I am happy to read this…

By: Rio

Rio — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:22:43 +0000

Mentalism is said to defy the laws of physics…. At this moment in time physicists the world over are trying to work out how to send messages back to the past and if successful, possibly change the past. I think Derren should give it a go, I have an idea he could work on if interested?

By: Rio

Rio — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:27:14 +0000

So just to simplify, can I possibly change something that happened 12 weeks ago? Desperate to know…..

By: Jo Sayer

Jo Sayer — Sat, 01 May 2010 14:41:06 +0000

The best explanation of time travel, in terms of actual execution and of consequences, is a novel called “Sequence” by Adrian Dawson. It seems like a simple crime novel until you start to see the links. Clearly lots of research but all explained without too much mind-messing.

I found a link to it here…

http://www.amazon.com/Sequence-ebook/dp/B003DA4BBS

It made me believe it’s a possibility!

Love your work Derren!

By: The Mole

The Mole — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:55:46 +0000

If it is in scifi, it’s possible.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:50:20 +0000

Hi, Berber Anna – I can’t agree with your first point, as it is pure supposition of someone’s self control. Also the mere appearance of someone traveling back in time is enough to change that reality, as according to the chaos theory the most minute action could result in major effects.
Your second point is much more believable, but only if that were the only method. There are lots of wormholes in my garden… perhaps I should check them out.
PS. Rob – thank you for thanking me for thanking you

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:29:59 +0000

Mathematicians, of course. These comments need an edit function…

By: Berber Anna

Berber Anna — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:14:58 +0000

Mike: The fact that no time travelers have appeared, does not signify that time travel will never be invented. For one, they may not wish to broadcast this fact, for fear of making our version of time differ too much from their own (even in the multiverse variant of time travel, as far as I can trust sci-fi it’d be easier to travel between related realities).

Secondly, and this has been actually discussed by physicists and nathematicians, if the time travel occurs through an artificially generated wormhole (which is more of a ‘tunnel through time’ than it is a ‘time machine’), you would never be able to travel back beyond the time of the wormhole’s creation. No wormhole has been created yet, so no time travelers can visit our time using that method.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:39:50 +0000

Mike – Thank you for thanking me. I also like to think outside of the box.
I believe that some of the greatest leaps of uderstanding came this way.
However sometimes we have to accept the knowledge of those who know more than me and you (I don’t claim any real understanding of physics, just an interest).
I love Ben Goldacre for his insistence on the importance of evidence. I listen to physicists and epidemiologists and any other expert who has the hard data and has analysed it correctly.
My guesswork and supposition do not meet the standards for hard science, but they are damn good fun.
I try to keep the guesswork seperate from the science.
Although all science starts with an educated guess…
Keep on questioning and accept nothing without the evidence. Good for you.