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I think 1 of 2 things would happen. If someone went back in time and bought stock. It would branch another timeline. Or If someone went back in time and boug
by philliphaydon 8y ago
I think 1 of 2 things would happen.
If someone went back in time and bought stock. It would branch another timeline.
Or
If someone went back in time and bought stock. The timeline is altered and we would know only that the time owned stock. But then does that mean that the future has already happened and the past exists at the same time as the future and both the future and the past is constantly changing?
Omg my head hurts now.
- riffraff 8y agoyou're forgetting the paradox free fixed timeline thing. One can go back in time, but he cannot buy stock because he did not in fact buy stock.
- pilsetnieks 8y agoOne can go back in time but he cannot displace the air atoms where he appeared because he did not displace the atoms in the first place.
- mikekij 8y agoI legitimately love that discussions of company valuations can morph into discussions of time travel on HN. Favorite comment threads anywhere.
- endorphone 8y agoOne can go back in time but they materialize in the emptiness of space and die, long left behind by our galaxy moving at 1.3 million miles per hour.