h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: preminisions - glimpes of the future or memories of the future? - A1094843
Author: If the universe is infinite, then im "a" center, 21+4^1+8+9=42 - U214189

hi, any advise to get this put into the guide?

This is a speculative/opinion article and as such probably isn't suitable (IMHO) for the Edited Guide. I'm surprised no-ones popped up already, to suggest checking out the writing guide lines at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/Writing-Guidelines

That said there is a big flaw in your argument. Firstly you appear to assume that one would only travel back within one's own lifetime. If you can't remember anything beyond the date you travel back to, then if you travelled back before you were born you would have no memory at all!

Even within one's own lifetime the argument is flawed. Suppose a sixty-year-old man travelled back 40 years. He would have no memory of anything that happened in the last 40 years. As far as he can remember he is twenty years old, so he might be curious as to how he suddenly ended up in a sixty-year-old body!

Then there is the problem of encountering one's self, as there would now be two of you, the one who has travelled back and the one who already existed at that time. Since neither of you would have memory of the future both would assume the other an impostor. As this sort of thing does not happen we can conclude that we have not travelled back from the future.

its spellt premonition

Are you still working on this?

Looks like a case for the Flea Market, or should it be back to entry?

I vote for option B

I would suggest option c Move it to the AWW with a note ot universe

(I know he is still active on site and this could be worked on and put to the underguide)

yeah im still around, having internet troubles at home, what would you suggest i do with this?

I would suggest moving it to the Alternative Writing workshop rather than PR. That way it still gets a shot at being part of the guide in the guise of the Underguide

how do i change workshops?

You go to Peer Review and find your entry. There will be a button next to it entitled 'Remove'. Click on this and it takes your entry back to your space. Then you go through the same process as you did in submitting it to Peer Review, only this time choose another forum.

If you have difficulty in doing that, just say, and one of us <./>scouts</.> will ask the italics to do it for you.