Re: PHYSICS/SPACE: Legitimate time travel proposal
From: Randy Smith (randysmith101@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat May 19 2001 - 16:57:46 MDT
>From: hal@finney.org
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: extropians@extropy.org
>Subject: Re: PHYSICS/SPACE: Legitimate time travel proposal
>Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:01:57 -0700
>
>This is a fascinating speculation. A few ideas to throw into
>the mix:
>
>It doesn't make sense to transport raw information. Information is
>carried by particles. The way the experiment was described, it sounds
>like matter could and would traverse the time loop.
Well, OK, but the future would not have to be able to pull off Star Trek stuff as in disincorporation, the classic time machine stuff, etc (which sounds really difficult, even given that this new Mallett theory is viable)--they would only have to be able to send information, in particle arrangements, which sounds a lot easier.
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