As I am sitting here waiting for a process to complete, I've been thinking about an interview I listened to today in the car. The interview was with the writer/director of a new video called Missing Pages. From the discussion, I learned that this movie is basically about time travel, which is another long time musing that I commute to.
Time travel is the basic concept, that someone could travel through time and arrive at a different place than started. Superman flew backwards around the Earth, the Enterprise slingshot around the Sun, and Nero Dusk drives a cab, each to travel to an earlier time than current.
The problem I have with time travel is much more broader scope than simply screwing with history. Yes, I definitely see the reprocussions of messing with my parents first meeting, like in "Back to the Future".
What I am concerned about is space. Einstein theorized that time and space were closely related. I understand it to say you cannot change one with out affecting the other. So, when the Millenium Falcon jumped into 'warp speed', it warped time and space to jump to a distant part of the galaxy in only a matter of seconds (time travel??). So, if I jump in a time machine, push the button for 30 seconds in the future (or past), will I still be in the exact same location? or will I warp to another part of space?
Does the Earth stand still while I move through time? Sure it is easier to consider time travel when you maintain earth time, but what happens when you try to accomodate the entire galaxy?? I imagine that if I jumped in my suped up Delorean, hit the gas pedal, reaching 88 miles per hour, I would be 30 seconds in the past, but also floating along side the moon.
Leave me a comment and let me know what you think..
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