>A human who spent a year dedicating himself to consuming freely accessible information, who was then warped back into the past, could send humanity forward by

>A human who spent a year dedicating himself to consuming freely accessible information, who was then warped back into the past, could send humanity forward by tens of thousands of years - all by himself. Only recently in my life have I developed an appreciation for fiction, because it contains deep insights into human behavior. I often fantasize about traveling back to the past, and explaining to folks that we've been to the moon, explored the planets, etc. It's a fun thought exercize, but I think the "reality" of such an experience would be more like this: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11870/11870-h/11870-h.htm#link2H_4_0033 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11870/11870-h/11870-h.htm#li...