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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can ask your future self stuff right now. You won't get the answer until you answer it in the future, but the question is possible.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But, you never answer it in the future

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes you can, just that the past you can't hear it.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All answers are from the future, just like all photographs are of the past

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But all answers occur in the present.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I posted 19 minutes ago. Your answer came 1 minute ago. Your answer came from the future from the point in time of the question.

This might seem stupid, but it's the same point that Stephen Hawking used to prove that time travelling is impossible or something.