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Even disregarding the resolution problems as brought up by ebilsten, and assuming we have some magical tech that would allow us spy-satellite-like capabilities
by potatolicious 14y ago
Even disregarding the resolution problems as brought up by ebilsten, and assuming we have some magical tech that would allow us spy-satellite-like capabilities with this... we'd still be looking at Earth decades in the past.
I for one could not care less if historians centuries in the future want to observe me through a black hole. Its effects on freedom and civil rights is basically nil, unlike predator drones.
- teamonkey 14y agoAzimov explored this idea in his short story The Dead Past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past
- ComputerGuru 14y agoIn Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" (awesome book, btw! I don't think he's planning on writing the remaining 2 in the trilogy, though :() they have machines that do exactly this, letting them monitor ancient history up to a decade ago: anyone, anywhere on the planet. The catch is that the builders of the machine actually have access to real-time monitoring, but pretend this isn't the case to avoid public outrage.