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OneSpiffingGent t1_j1cx2jo wrote

Wouldn’t time travel boop you into space? You could go backwards let’s say, but would your let’s just go with incorporeal body remain completely still to do it? The Earth is in a wobbly orbit around the sun and rotating as well.

If you wanted to visit another time let alone place accurately you’re going to need some way to move your position as well. Otherwise you stand the chance of only being able to visit very particular times and even then, who knows what part of the world you might end up in if calculations are slightly off.

Oops I’m underground, in the sky, ocean, or just floating in space.

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SaulsAll t1_j1cxavx wrote

> Wouldn’t time travel boop you into space?

You can set your inertial frame such that the device is considered the motionless center of the universe, and everything else moves around it. It would be some complex physics, but then so would time travel.

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OneSpiffingGent t1_j1cxmc1 wrote

Ah yes the classic, “space moves around you” so just do /that/ with time.

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