Balerion6@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoTime travel doesn't work unless you also have teleportation. If you travel to the past/future, Earth will be in a different position in its orbit, and you'll die in space.message-squaremessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down130
arrow-up1196arrow-down1message-squareTime travel doesn't work unless you also have teleportation. If you travel to the past/future, Earth will be in a different position in its orbit, and you'll die in space.Balerion6@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoA wormhole type time machine would leave the travel points A and B physically independent of each other. This opens up the option to change destinations… step in at New York, exit in San Francisco.
minus-square7uWqKj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoDue to the energies involved, creating a wormhole between two cities would probably leave you with a wormhole and no cities.
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoThose are just small issues that will be solved after few tries.
A wormhole type time machine would leave the travel points A and B physically independent of each other. This opens up the option to change destinations… step in at New York, exit in San Francisco.
Due to the energies involved, creating a wormhole between two cities would probably leave you with a wormhole and no cities.
Those are just small issues that will be solved after few tries.