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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've begun thinking that time travel can only be possible if all of time were to exist simultaneously. Like a singularity. Then with complete knowledge and ability to influence matter you can rewrite time anyway you would like.

Like spreading the frames of a film out and altering them as you see fit.

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If the Multiverse is a thing, then that timeline has happened somewhere and our future selves visited us. Ahahaha. That would be trippy.

In this Multiverse though, it looks like we become the Borg, so they would have already collected all the info they needed and thus have no need to go back in time.

[–] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

also because it is genuinely impossible to move faster than light as matter, let alone survive it

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why you make the space move around you instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

That's not related to time travel though, but that's a link to an actual irl concept of a warp engine.

[–] Ilflish@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

All those random scraps of metal you find lying are just the end result of someone trying to travel back in time and the time machine not surviving

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The vulkan science proved time travel impossible

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[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Now I just wanna watch Primer again.

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