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m6scott Started conversation Feb 2, 2005
I wonder how one would detect a time traveler? Are there any easy methods on detection?
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RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Feb 2, 2005
Given our lamentable performance to date, either (a) time travellers are really hard to detect, or (b) there are few or none of them around.
Perhaps they're obliged to preserve state of the past for the sake of heritage and not changing the course of history, and therefore are trained to look normal and inconspicuous. Which raises a secondary question: how do you tell a time traveller from a spy?
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The Groob Posted Feb 2, 2005
The lack of time travellers from the future tells us one thing: we're not gonna make it. 
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2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Feb 2, 2005
Either that or that in the future htey have an accurate historical record, and realise ther eis nothing of worth back here 
I traveled foward in time once... I was sitting on the sofa... and the next thing, it was seven hours later!
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Feb 3, 2005
I travelled into the past, and changed history so that Ronald Reagan wasn't assassinated. He was shot at but he survived!
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F F Churchton Posted Feb 3, 2005
How do you time travellers haven't visited us, it's not as though they are going to write "Steve waz ere 1K+6T6" in a bit of rock!!!
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Feb 3, 2005
They did. See A845930. It's in the Guide!
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intelligent moose (the one true H2G2 Moose) Posted Feb 3, 2005
Or maybe we're just in the one of an infinite number of possible parallel universes where every decision which could have lead to discovering time travel wasn't made.
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Xanatic Posted Feb 3, 2005
Watch 12 Monkeys with Bruce Willis. Time travellers in that seem to be considered loonies and locked up.
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F F Churchton Posted Feb 3, 2005
The same is with Doctor Who, I mean all of them were barking mad!!!
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Orcus Posted Feb 3, 2005
Gnomon, why save Ronald Reagon? 
Surely Kennedy would have been a better choice.
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m6scott Posted Feb 3, 2005
I agree not a great choice but if that time line did not have Kennedy as president it makes sense? Am I making sense? If time travel is possible at sometime then it exsists . So how would coming here our time line make changes in thier time line or does it?
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Mu Beta Posted Feb 3, 2005
Even better - take GWB back in time and put him _in front_ of the bullet that killed JFK. Two birds, etc etc.
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MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. Posted Feb 3, 2005
Even better, go back to the Battle of Little Big Horn and leave GWB there, amongst a bunch of Cowboys. Now that would make an interesting Headline....."Sitting Bull S***s on Bush!"
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Feb 4, 2005
Or maybe we could take Tony Bliar back in time and place his neck on the block instead of King Charles I.
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- 1: m6scott (Feb 2, 2005)
- 2: Mu Beta (Feb 2, 2005)
- 3: RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky (Feb 2, 2005)
- 4: The Groob (Feb 2, 2005)
- 5: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Feb 2, 2005)
- 6: Gnomon - time to move on (Feb 3, 2005)
- 7: F F Churchton (Feb 3, 2005)
- 8: Gnomon - time to move on (Feb 3, 2005)
- 9: intelligent moose (the one true H2G2 Moose) (Feb 3, 2005)
- 10: Xanatic (Feb 3, 2005)
- 11: F F Churchton (Feb 3, 2005)
- 12: Orcus (Feb 3, 2005)
- 13: m6scott (Feb 3, 2005)
- 14: Mu Beta (Feb 3, 2005)
- 15: Orcus (Feb 3, 2005)
- 16: MMF - Keeper of Mustelids, with added P.M.A., is now in a relationship. (Feb 3, 2005)
- 17: A Super Furry Animal (Feb 4, 2005)
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