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In response to "also, and this is a key point, time travel isn't real. -- nm" by Reagen

Maybe she's just taking a relaxing break after killing Hitler. nm

Posted by ralph wiggum (aka Wiggum17) Oct 27 '10, 21:36

nm

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i actually had to call out one of my workshop members on this - wererabbit Oct 27, 21:41 25
- but what if he was captured before he committed the crimes? Would he still be guily for things he hasn't done yet? -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:04 21
  - well this is the other problem with that premise. if you have the ability to travel back and capture him after WWII happened, why not go back further - wererabbit Oct 27, 22:06 14
    - The Internet never exists if some nerd isn't born. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:09 4
      - don't tempt us to send back a terminator after your mom - wererabbit Oct 27, 22:11 2
        
        Like my dad couldn't take a terminator. Dude has beaten cancer for 15 years. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:12
        
        don't try this with Will's mom. Skynet couldn't deal with the ramifications of making her mad. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:12
      - TV never exists if some rural guy decides to take up blacksmithy instead of farming. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:10
    - "It's Minority Report meets Valkyrie meets Terminator!" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:08
    - good point. Then we get Jake Featherstone (that's for all 3 Turtledove readers here) -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:08
    - going back and stopping it from happening is a paradox. You lose your motivation for going back and doing what you did. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:06 6
      - and really just create an alternate time line anyway. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:08 5
        
        Assuming that the many worlds theory is correct, all of these scenario are existing as we speak. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:13 4
        
        And nobody understands that Monty Hall crap in any of them. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:14 3
        
        Could Jesus microwave a burrito so hot that even he couldn't eat it? nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:18 1
        
        And how would that impact sales in the microwave burrito niche market? -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:19
        
        except for the architect who started the whole damn thing. - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:15
  - "It's Minority Report meets Valkyrie!!" nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:05 4
    - Stop trying to get Tom Cruise gigs. - David Oct 27, 22:08 2
      - Tom Cruise is a hot shot Harvard lawyer who goes back to the 1890s to establish his land rights in Oklahoma. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 22:10 1
        
        He's going back for Xenu and the DC-8. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 27, 22:18
    - Bery wins cause he lives in a real English Colony. -- nm - Remlik Oct 27, 22:06
  - Minority Report says "Yes, but we later realize that this is stupid." -- nm - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:04
- It could kinda work. There was a time travel movie in the 70s where doomed airline passengers were replaced with flash clones. - Beryllium Oct 27, 22:03
- I like it. -- nm - David Oct 27, 22:01
- Everyone tries to capture Hitler on their second trip. nm - ralph wiggum Oct 27, 21:44

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