time travel, parallel universes, and other useful illusions
So, parallel universes. Outside of time travel, I can’t think of anything that grabs my imagination in quite the same way. Bizarre accounts of people visiting from other worlds. John Titor and his worldline divergence. That little phenomenon we’ve dubbed the Berenst#in Bears problem. It’s wild stuff, let me tell you.
Do you believe time travel is possible? How about the idea that we live in only one of an infinite number of universes?
Before we talk about China’s problem with time travel, I have a simple question. Why do we find time travel so fascinating? Is it the science? The simple ability to say, “Screw you, laws of physics!” and go on a wild adventure through the ages? Or maybe it’s a desire to relive our past, to …
Time travel. It’s something that exists in a narrow region between science and fantasy. Maybe it’s theoretically possible, maybe it’s nothing more than wishful thinking. Who knows. But in the realm of fiction, anything can happen. So here’s a list of my top ten fictional time machines, in a somewhat specific order.
“If you could revisit your childhood…which moment would you choose?” Here’s the teaser trailer for Dimensions, a new time-bending science fiction film about a young scientist who, after meeting an old professor and learning his strange theories on time travel, dedicates his life to the pursuit of making those theories a reality. I don’t know …
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