No reason I cant gather a group of friends from the past to help me develop it.Originally Posted by Citizen Bleys
It would lead to strange questions anyways, since big inventions tend to be team efforts and one guy doing it all alone is extremely unlikely. You'd lose all privacy, and labour under the expectation of continuing the trend.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
... There's so much I want to say to this.
Actually I want to change my do over, I would wait till saturday night watch the lotto numbers and then once they have dropped go back in time 30 minutes and buy a ticket, thus the only profound difference would be that I go back in time 30 minutes and it wouldn't change that much
Like?... There's so much I want to say to this.
Someone's jealous of my manifest awesomeness
Another mature, reasoned answer? Armageddon must be nigh!
Without them catching on?
Shortening the period of time even to one ten trillionth of a second still doesn't defeat the Uncertainty PrincipleActually I want to change my do over, I would wait till saturday night watch the lotto numbers and then once they have dropped go back in time 30 minutes and buy a ticket, thus the only profound difference would be that I go back in time 30 minutes and it wouldn't change that much
smurf causality.
I'd go back and start smurfingup.
Specifically I would've dumped the guy I was with and made out with my professor (I already had the A, the make outs would've been for funsies.)
Signature by rubah. I think.
Look, causality or quantum physics aside:
On 9-11 instead of being in college and sleeping in I would call in a bomb threat to the WTC
I would call the police to stop various school shootings
I would put money in the stocks to profit from various recessions
I would tell mom and dad to invest in Apple stocks back in 1985 - the worst thing that can happen is that by doing that, Apple doesn't come up with the idea of the itunes store and ipods.
Like milf said, I would leverage my 31 years of experience into 20-25 more years of the same. Granted I'm not as smart as people who are well versed in college level academics, but it shouldn't take me long to catch up. And you still didn't tell me what is wrong with being aware of the value of exercise from a young age. I would lift weights as a teen instead of an old man who is probably just doing this because he's trying to feel young again
If quantum uncertainty is proved true via observable irregularities with memory, it would at least confirm alternate timeline theory. I wouldn't have to kill myself to undo existence.
I would avoid certain people and embrace others just to see what if
I would become the most bizarre eoffer ever just because of my uncanny observational skills.
....something tells me that PG might have already succeeded in this venture.
And at last, some solid reason that I can't (immediately) think of much wrong with from someone other than Iceglow! And of course it's the only post on the whole bloody board I can't add reputation to for some unknown reason.
You can't set the laws of physics aside. If they could be set aside...well, where's my faster-than-light travel?
Worst case scenario, they ignore you and nothing changes. Not bad. You can't be institutionalized for an anonymous phone call. Do it too far ahead of time, though, and you can be traced.On 9-11 instead of being in college and sleeping in I would call in a bomb threat to the WTC
I would call the police to stop various school shootings
Probably wouldn't work. There's a direct cause-and-effect relationship between investments and the strength of each stock. You can argue that it would be a drop in the bucket, but there are people out there who watch trends. One person sees an unusual investment and follows suit, more people see that, etc. Don't invest anything you can't afford to lose, but that holds true whether you're time travelling or not.I would put money in the stocks to profit from various recessions
And they'd listen? Again, worst that could happen is nothing.I would tell mom and dad to invest in Apple stocks back in 1985 - the worst thing that can happen is that by doing that, Apple doesn't come up with the idea of the itunes store and ipods.
You'd have to keep it on the down-low, though. Even if your parents saw you exhibiting college-level knowledge in junior high, they'd react, and say goodbye to your social life and say hello to the fast-track to a high stress (albeit high pay) lifestyle. You may think you're ready for it at 31, but that's with only 29-34 years left to go til retirement. As with any big job, the last 10% of the job contains 90% of the difficulty. Do you really think you can handle an extra 20 years of high-stress career?Like milf said, I would leverage my 31 years of experience into 20-25 more years of the same. Granted I'm not as smart as people who are well versed in college level academics, but it shouldn't take me long to catch up.
For one, the value you see in exercise now didn't exist back then. You didn't need to feel young because you were. Even going back, you'd be youthful again. It's a lot of effort for no gain. It makes more sense to start something when you get something out of it. WIIFM is an integral part of what makes people tick, and if you start doing things with no apparent gain, people will take notice and react.And you still didn't tell me what is wrong with being aware of the value of exercise from a young age. I would lift weights as a teen instead of an old man who is probably just doing this because he's trying to feel young again
That would make sense for someone who's interested in physics, not for someone who regularly pooh-poohs it as a useless exercise for no-life academics only.If quantum uncertainty is proved true via observable irregularities with memory, it would at least confirm alternate timeline theory. I wouldn't have to kill myself to undo existence.
As long as you're prepared for the consequences, both positive and negativeI would avoid certain people and embrace others just to see what if
So, you're saying you'd change nothing?I would become the most bizarre eoffer ever just because of my uncanny observational skills.
also butterfly effect would make everything worse than it currently is
i would continuously attempt to fix it thus exacerbating the issue.
you're asian.
There's no scientific or rational basis to the idea of the butterfly effect. It's no different than the Frankenstein complex that makes everybody think that artificial intelligence/robots/genetically enhanced people will inevitably become monsters.
Yes, I'm about 1/64,000th Mongolian from when the Khanate of the Golden Horde raped and pillaged their way across Ukraine. But...where is that coming from?you're asian.
Im an engineer, my friends are engineers, it's not much of a stretch if i go to all of them with a good idea and ask them to help me develop it. As project leader it wouldnt be suspicious if i kept an eye on development.
Without them catching on?
Also so what if they find out I'm a time traveller (and i have no idea how they would), They'll tell everyone who'll think he/she is crazy and they risk not getting a cut of the final payoff.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
Quiet asian.There's no scientific or rational basis to the idea of the butterfly effect. It's no different than the Frankenstein complex that makes everybody think that artificial intelligence/robots/genetically enhanced people will inevitably become monsters.
Yes, I'm about 1/64,000th Mongolian from when the Khanate of the Golden Horde raped and pillaged their way across Ukraine. But...where is that coming from?you're asian.
So now that activity in this thread has died off, time to reveal that I've been doing a different thought experiment than the rest of you.
Having decided that I wouldn't go back to my own past if I could, I asked this question and have been deciding, based on the responses, who I would send back into their own past if I could. I've come up with a grand total of 3 people I'd send back. Most of your responses have been disappointingly glib.
Who do you think the 3 are?
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