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DefectPicrews t1_j493mrn wrote

Technology has advanced incredibly quickly, however I don't think we're at a point where we can manipulate physics to our will within any of our lifetimes. The very fact that events such as the Holocaust haven't been prevented gives me reason to believe we will never find a means of time traveling into the past. You know what humanity is like, SOMEONE would have killed Hitler in his youth. There would likely also be very strict policies on who could use it and how it could be used so I doubt the general public would ever have access to it. Maybe time travel into the future could become a possibility though, assuming we don't wipe ourselves out anytime soon. ♡

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jsquirrelz t1_j4969fa wrote

> The very fact that events such as the Holocaust haven't been prevented gives me reason to believe we will never find a means of time traveling into the past.

Maybe, but they also could have potentially done it and discovered that it led to alternatives that were worse, right?

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Willing_Definition71 t1_j496e1r wrote

Perhaps the future is perfect and they don't want to risk changing anything even if it was an atrocity

Also we don't know what all these UAP sightings are, they could be observers from the future /s

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DefectPicrews t1_j497hnx wrote

A perfect future would be a dream come true, considering the current state of the world! However, I believe we're more inclined towards extinction to be honest. With great power comes great stupidity!

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Willing_Definition71 t1_j497t2r wrote

In South Park the time phones were only allowed to be used for prank calls to the past to prevent changing the future

Perhaps society in the future can follow basic rules

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DefectPicrews t1_j497zp0 wrote

I appreciate your optimism! It's nice to see views from someone who has a shred of hope for humanity haha!

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Willing_Definition71 t1_j498s7j wrote

My actual view is that we are on the verge of extinction and the aliens are watching and waiting so they can come in and grind the planet up for its resources

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swftswft13 t1_j49v4sg wrote

If you did something as drastic to the timeline such as killing Hitler, your boomer parents would never have been born and you would not exist. In fact almost no one younger than a certain age that exists today would be around. The world would be full of different people.

An event like WW2 directly or indirectly affected everyone on the planet. Prevent it from happening and your grandparents, if they meet at all, copulate at different times and in different circumstances. Even a slight change in timing and circumstances of conception can lead to a different soul being formed.

It's hard to imagine Marty McFly's mom getting knocked up at the exact same time, 3 times in a row, with a much more confident daddy McFly strutting around.

I hate parties.

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DefectPicrews t1_j4aey19 wrote

Ah the grandfather paradox but instead of killing your grandfather... "You killed Hitler, now you don't exist."

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