Quote:
Originally posted by Bill O'Rights
Spoken like someone who was stationed there.
|
Nice guess, but nope. When I read Titor mentioned Omaha something clicked about the old movie Strategic Air Command and that base being located in Omaha. After a few minutes of Googling (and Mapquesting) I was able to come up with that tidbit. Granted the guy was very good, but if you look at his statement skeptically you can find holes in his logic.
Quote:
Originally posted by Nefir
I am not about judge this guy. I am skeptical, as I should be, but there's also one argument that could be made, which will halt any counter-argument, because neither side can be proved to be correct or incorrect.
Think about the obvious: If at any time in the future, someone invents a time machine that could go to a specific reality (and, since by definition the future holds infinite possibilities, this WILL happen, at some time, in some reality), they could visit any point in the past. This means that if NOW is the past for them, there could, and should, be an infinite number of visitors from the future hanging around, because the future itself is inifinte.
It boggles the mind, doesn't it?
|
Nefir uses great logic and it would be true if time travel became available to the average citizen. Suppose the technology to create the time travel device needed supporting technology which was beyond the capability of the average person? (Think nuclear bombs.) Then only governments or organizations with advanced enough research facilities would be able to create a time machine. This would severely limit the number of travellers going anywhere, including here and now. Sorry Nefir, just being my typically skeptical self.