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the possibilities
welcome.
today we are going to be discussing several theories concerning time travel and the great infinity.
the first time theory i wish to tell you about is the impossible biconditional loop.
section 1: biconditional paradox.
this is an act wherein a person travels back in time to prevent an event from happening to themself in an earlier time. if, for example, someone were to trip on a sidewalk and break a bone, then chanced upon a time machine while the injury was fresh, they would travl back in time and try to prevent the injury from happening, preferably without incident. if, in fact, the action of the broken bone is avoided, then the person who now did not break their bone will not go into the time machine and ensure that the bone will not be broken, resulting in a paradox.it works like this. at the moment in which the appendage is broken, a crossroad would appear in a metaphorical sense. one path leads to a broken bone and the discovery of a time machine. the other path is one where the appendage is not broken, thanks to interference in the timeline. in order for the second path to be taken, what must happen is the first path is taken. if the first path is not taken, the second path does not exist. if the second path is taken, the first path has therefore NOT been taken, and as such, the second path is not an option in the first place.
as such, it is impossible to create a biconditional paradox, as much asit is impossible for a function to have one input and two outputs. it would raise questions about where the second one came from, and one of them would have to be discarded to maintain functionality.as such, it is impossible to alter the future with a time machine. if you were to alter the future, which is impossible, the time period that you came from would cease to exist, and as such, so would the
decision to alter it.
section 2: time coincidence.
time coincidence is similar to a biconditional paradox, but different with respect to the fact that it is in fact possible but has no defineable beginning. in this situation i provide you with an example that may well become truth. say that you have a colony of people living in an age where time travel is entirely possible and time exploration is a pastime. if a resident of this colony were to explore the coming future, such as, say, a week in advance, and find the area completely devoid of all traces of life, the resident comes to the conclusion that something forced all of the residents out of this particular time period. at this time the resident returns to the colony and warns people that in one week, the area will be devoid of life. the colony assumes, correctly, that something causes people to avoid that time period, and with a reason. having access to a time machine, the colony transports all of the people and objects into TWO weeks in the future, to avoid the event that caused the colony to leave. once this is finished, the area is devoid of all life, completely uninhabited. and, soon after the colony has moved to the future, the resident will show up in his time machine to notice that the area is completely devoid of life. thus, the assumption is made that something happens which causes the colony to avoid this time period. the thing that causes the colony to avoid the time period is, in fact, the assumption that something happens to make them avoid the time period. if the resident had not arrived at the conclusion that the time period had something wrong with it, the colony would have continued on as normal, and the time period would not be uninhabited.
this is a type of self-perpetuating logic that has no beginning and no end. there was no event that caused the colony to change time periods. but nevertheless, the assumption of the unsafety remains constant, which in turn causes that very assumption. while these coincidences are unexplained, they are entirely possible. because like a circle, it has no beginning and no end, and yet it is.
section 3: infinite probability.
the daunting infinity sign may have struck fear into the hearts of many, but once you know what infinity is referring to, the probability is either 0% or 100%, startlingly black and white.
for example, the universe goes on for infinite distance in all directions, and will stay in existence for an infinite time, and has also existed for an infinite time.
with all of these things labeled infinte, placing constraints on it will do the unthinkable- it will reduce infinite possibilities to harsh reality, in which the chance of deviation is exactly 0%.
as an example, granted that time is infinite, if you were given an infinte ammount of time, the most improbable things in the universe will unconditionally happen. if put in terms of a mathematical equation, probability is a fraction, the top half being the number of tries, and the bottom half being the chance of one try getting it correct. given infinite tries, even the largest of numbers would eventually succumb to the infinite tries. you cannot divide infinity and get anything but infinity. as such, not only would the probability be completed, but it would be completed an infinite number of times. as such, everything that we consider impossible is possible, granted the condition that no constraints are placed. if, for example, you were to place a constraint in both dimension AND time, the probability is incalculable. for example, the chance of aliens coming within a mile of earth within the next 3 minutes is zero. however, somewhere else in the universe, aliens are doing just that. our world has an infinite number of duplicates, because no matter how unlikely it is that our planet was formed, because infinity is able to ignore probability, there are an infinite amount of planets exactly like ours.
restrictions bring you crashing to reality. either it DOES happen or it doesn't, and there is nothing you can do to change that. however if there are no restrictions, then the possibilities are, well, infinite.
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Comments
Kuhn13 Says:
ok...length...plz....?
jak1139 Says:
ouch my head jus- *head implodes*
Stingray56 Says:
*grasps head*
Oh God, my brain...I got all three of them, but it gave me a migrane...
Phredryk Says:
logical, yet brain explodable
Disturbed1 Says:
Sadly, I haven't got the time to read all of this at the moment, but I shall finish it later. What I've read so far is quite thought-provoking. Yet another great thought from you. Keep 'em coming!
wolf expert Says:
you know i've always wanted to point these things out, but i thought if i tried people would get a headache or really confused or start to hate me... and the first one, if possible would have to suggest a parallel universe and an infinate number of them, which really is a bit like what a paradox is in the first place. so it seems like the first one and the third one would be really closely connected if the first would even be possible.
silentwaters Says:
hum, reminds me of timeline...*faints from brain exertion*