Originally Posted by
BruceSteveRoy
Not necessarily true. i always thought that humans will never discover time travel bc if it was possible that would mean, like you said, time isn't linear. which is to say that a does not follow b does not follow c. if this were the case we would have already noticed us traveling into points prior to the invention of time travel. if time is not linear than it wouldn't be a question of will we discover time travel the question is have we discovered it. bc since a does not follow b past present and future are not relevent markers. but i resolved with myself that i firmly believe that time IS, in fact, linear. i was born i lived i died and if it goes in any other order than beware bc that wouldme i am an evil dead and zombiegeddon is happening. take cover. anyway the reason i have been able to resolve the linear nature of time and the possibility of time travel is from my limited study of quantum mechanics. a very watered down explanation of one concept in quantum theory is that when an action occurs at that point on the time line every possible outcome occurs. so it is still linear in an infinite number of directions. like a fractal. so if we were to discover time travel tomorrow we will have created a divergent reality and thus a divergent past to travel into. and for the nearly infinite number or realities that created time travel simultaneously there would be just as many that don't. so this means these paradoxical time loops wouldn't happen. or so they tell me.
regards,
~Steve
p.s. sorry if that was a rambling nonsense. i tried to organize my thoughts as best i could. i think i may have failed. lol