Timeline for Why doesn't the world fill with time travelers?
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| Aug 28 at 14:07 | comment | added | Raphaël Duchaîne | @Ash, "The Shadow Out of Time" of Lovecraft does come to mind as a direct usage of "consciousness time travel", with some "cousciousness swapping" on top. | |
| Aug 28 at 13:14 | comment | added | Jamie | @Ash I appreciate your comment but want to be clear that none of the questions I posed were asking for clarification, my answer was meant to be taken as is and those were open questions intended as considerations on the concept that might help develop the idea in their setting. Trioxidane has helpfully addressed the other point with the same interpretation as me; it says two universes ages of 'development' which I took to mean the window of human existence and doesn't specify when they would go back to. Do you still feel it doesn't answer the question as written? If so, how could I improve it? | |
| Aug 27 at 11:35 | comment | added | Ash | @Trioxidane That is a satisfyingly Lovecraftian solution that does sit well with the inherent contradictions of the question. | |
| Aug 27 at 11:32 | comment | added | Trioxidane | @Ash thanks. I look at it differently. I think the writer of the question is a bit contradictory in that state. They also mention "a convenient era to start anew", which suggests it wasn't around the big bang. I think the 'two universe-ages of development" is more of a convenient reference. They could just as well go to the past where science 'started', with the first homo sapiens or other alien creature an acceptable fit for conscious transfer, compared to obliteration. Their technology might be so advanced they can join our current society, being equal to just after discovering fire. | |
| Aug 27 at 10:55 | comment | added | Ash | @Trioxidane Because the time travel posited is going back to a point before the inventors exist, implied to be effectively the big bang since on the second transit they have the accumulated science of two full ages of the universe to work with. That is only possible if they travel back bodily, if their consciousness needs a host body to jump back into they can't travel back to before they were around, that's the blink of a cosmological eye. | |
| Aug 27 at 10:40 | comment | added | Trioxidane | @Ash why does it not? The question is why the world doesn't fill with time travellers. This is mostly seen from a physical perspective by people. Sending only the consciousness back will prevent the world from filling with physical bodies. | |
| Aug 27 at 10:32 | comment | added | Ash | This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review | |
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| S Aug 27 at 8:44 | history | answered | Jamie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |