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TeleStrat
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Topic: Time Travel Posted: February 02 2015 at 11:45 |
I would definitely go to the past rather than the future. There are so many unanswered questions about our past simply because you cannot believe half of what's in the history books. I would go back and see if Lee Harvey Oswald really acted alone. Or go back further and see if Roosevelt really knew about the attack on Pearl Harbor in advance. Or go even further back and be standing on the beach with a bunch of Indians staring at three wooden ships and rowboats approaching the shore. I would turn to the guy next to me and ask, "Where the hell did those white guys come from?". In his native tongue of course.
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Gerinski
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 11:13 |
chopper wrote:
I would go back to Liverpool in the late 1950s, learn to play the drums really well and then track down John Lennon and say to him "I hear you're looking for a drummer". |
Or, learn drumming from Mike Portnoy first and then making the travel. The Beatles might have been quite a different band, inventing melodic powermetal
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geekfreak
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 11:09 |
chopper wrote:
I would go back to Liverpool in the late 1950s, learn to play the drums really well and then track down John Lennon and say to him "I hear you're looking for a drummer". |
yes I like it chopper poor ringo...
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chopper
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 10:16 |
I would go back to Liverpool in the late 1950s, learn to play the drums really well and then track down John Lennon and say to him "I hear you're looking for a drummer".
Edited by chopper - February 02 2015 at 10:21
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Blacksword
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 08:27 |
Needless to say I would travel back to the golden era of progressive rock and check out all those bands live.. Then I would travel about 200 years into the future to see if Idiocracy has come true. May not need 200 years, the way things are going..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Cristi
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 05:16 |
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Gerinski
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 05:09 |
I'd go back to the late 60's in the UK, form a band and record and release In The Court Of The Crimson King, The Yes Album, Nursery Crime and ELP's debut before the real guys composed them
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: February 02 2015 at 04:48 |
Dayvenkirq wrote:
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
I saw Back to the Future last night and was inspired to create this thread(although Marty and Doc were only in the 1950s and 1980s). If you had the time to lose an open mind and time to choose when in time would you time travel to? | 1) I wouldn't want to lose an open mind. 2) I wouldn't even pick a time and date; that'd screw up the time-space continuum. But if you put a gun against my head, just so that I would take the risk, I'd have to say: England, late 60's, somewhere around 1967-68. That should give me enough time to assemble a band and break through with my silly, dated ideas by the standards of 2014. And I'd probably see Renaissance live at the Carnegie Hall for ... cheap prices? ... Maybe, maybe not, I don't know. |
The "If you had the time to lose, an open mind" was an Iron Maiden reference. Get a clue, man
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Archeus
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Posted: September 01 2014 at 13:39 |
CosmicVibration wrote:
Actually, esoteric teachings and Einstein state that our physical
reality is merely an illusion.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein
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This is obviously true, since all information we obtain about the universe is provided solely by our biological senses, which are intrinsically subjective. Even so, given that our idea of reality is directly induced by the "real" reality and its influence on our perception, it is only logical and practical that we accept it as an objective truth. Reality, however, will most likely always be out of reach for the human consciousness.
Edited by Archeus - September 01 2014 at 13:55
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What about dogs? What about cats? What about chickens?
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: August 28 2014 at 08:32 |
The Doctor wrote:
CosmicVibration wrote:
Yea, I missed it too… What I say, what I say? I want to know;
unless it’s sarcastic. Actually, I still would want to know. I like sarcasm, even if it’s directed towards
me.
There are no wins, just far-reaching and open minded
discussions. And maybe some sarcasm..
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When I first opened up the thread after you had posted about Gravity being an illusion, it showed your post as completely blank. I quoted your post directly and there was nothing in it at first. So yeah, it was a joke.
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Yea, that was an excerpt from Through the Wormhole, season 5
episode 7, featured on the science channel.
One thing I love about the show is that each episode has top scientists giving
different and opposing views on a particular subject matter.
Actually, esoteric teachings and Einstein state that our physical
reality is merely an illusion.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert Einstein
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 28 2014 at 03:07 |
The Dark Elf wrote:
The Doctor wrote:
The T wrote:
Ok, since nobody seems to wants to actually answer the question and all you keep posting is smart responses, I'll be the first one: September 17th 1442 at 21:31 | Ok. I'll ask since no one else has. Where? And why? That was pretty dang specific. | I believe that was the moment Keith Richards bought his first guitar. | Close - it was when Status Quo announced their first farewell tour.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 23:50 |
ProgMetaller2112 wrote:
I saw Back to the Future last night and was inspired to create this thread(although Marty and Doc were only in the 1950s and 1980s). If you had the time to lose an open mind and time to choose when in time would you time travel to? |
1) I wouldn't want to lose an open mind. 2) I wouldn't even pick a time and date; that'd screw up the time-space continuum. But if you put a gun against my head, just so that I would take the risk, I'd have to say: England, late 60's, somewhere around 1967-68. That should give me enough time to assemble a band and break through with my silly, dated ideas by the standards of 2014. And I'd probably see Renaissance live at the Carnegie Hall for ... cheap prices? ... Maybe, maybe not, I don't know.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - August 27 2014 at 23:55
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The Doctor
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 23:35 |
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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The T
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 23:25 |
No, it just sounds like a good date. Man I'm the only one answering the damn question and all I get is further questioning
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 21:52 |
The Doctor wrote:
The T wrote:
Ok, since nobody seems to wants to actually answer the question and all you keep posting is smart responses, I'll be the first one: September 17th 1442 at 21:31 | Ok. I'll ask since no one else has. Where? And why? That was pretty dang specific. | I believe that was the moment Keith Richards bought his first guitar.
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The Doctor
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 21:21 |
The T wrote:
Ok, since nobody seems to wants to actually answer the question and all you keep posting is smart responses, I'll be the first one:
September 17th 1442 at 21:31 |
Ok. I'll ask since no one else has. Where? And why? That was pretty dang specific.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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The Doctor
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 21:18 |
CosmicVibration wrote:
Yea, I missed it too… What I say, what I say? I want to know;
unless it’s sarcastic. Actually, I still would want to know. I like sarcasm, even if it’s directed towards
me.
There are no wins, just far-reaching and open minded
discussions. And maybe some sarcasm..
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When I first opened up the thread after you had posted about Gravity being an illusion, it showed your post as completely blank. I quoted your post directly and there was nothing in it at first. So yeah, it was a joke.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 18:56 |
The T wrote:
Ok, since nobody seems to wants to actually answer the question and all you keep posting is smart responses, I'll be the first one:
September 17th 1442 at 21:31 |
I’ve already answered the question on page 1.
So, what’s so special about September 17th 1442 @ 21:31? A fond memory from a previous incarnation
perhaps?
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CosmicVibration
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 18:51 |
Yea, I missed it too… What I say, what I say? I want to know;
unless it’s sarcastic. Actually, I still would want to know. I like sarcasm, even if it’s directed towards
me.
There are no wins, just far-reaching and open minded
discussions. And maybe some sarcasm..
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: August 27 2014 at 18:12 |
CosmicVibration wrote:
After viewing 5 seasons and almost 50 episodes of Through
the Wormhole with various other science programs I’ve come to this
conclusion. Science, just like religion,
really doesn’t know as to what the hell is actually going on.
There are countless opposing theories with more patchwork
than the windows operating system. Which
ones are right? Some of them are overly complex and make my head spin. Nonetheless,
I dig and entertain them all.
I really think that when the mystery of gravity is fully
understood everything will start to fall into place.
Although I have not bought into any of the explanations of
gravity so far, this episode of Through the Wormhole was particularly
interesting:
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"Is Gravity an
Illusion?"
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July 2, 2014
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We feel it every moment of our
lives but for physicists, gravity is the longest running unsolved mystery of
the universe. Why do all objects that have mass pull on one another?
Cutting-edge theories are proposing unexpected answers: Gravity could be
another force in disguise, a thermodynamic mirage, or even, a shadow of a
hidden holographic universe. If so, the force that holds us to the surface of
the earth, and holds the earth in orbit around the sun, may be a trick of the
mind. We feel it, but it may not be real. Is Gravity an Illusion?
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^Epic win.
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