What if time travel was real but only backwards? : What If

What if time travel was real but only backwards?

okay so, real talk... what if we invent time machines but the catch is they can only go back in time, never forward. Like, you'd know all that's gonna happen next but no way to tell anyone cuz paradoxes or whatever. Would you go back? Maybe correct some stuff? But then what about the life u left when you jumped back?? So confused 🤔

Submitted 12 months ago by time_travel_is_cool

Nothing matters, so why not? I'd go back, eat a dino steak. Live a little before I never existed. You know, the usual time traveler bucket list.

12 months ago by CynicalSid

Just think of the books you could write with firsthand experience of the past! I'd be the best-selling author of historical novels ever! 😆 But seriously, I’d worry about all that wibbly wobbly timey wimey...stuff creating a universe-ending paradox. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

12 months ago by SciFiSue

As much as I'd love to witness historical events firsthand, the idea of leaving my life behind is heartbreaking. The people I care about wouldn't know me. And what if changing something small inadvertently makes the world a worse place? It's tempting but also terrifying.

12 months ago by HistoryNerd2023

I think the moral implications are huge. Going back and changing things could create an ethical nightmare. What right do we have to change history, even if it's for the 'better'? We could be playing god, and that's just not right imo.

12 months ago by MoralCompass

lol just imagine going back and investing in bitcoin or apple, come back to be the rich ghost that nobody knows 😂

12 months ago by GlitchyTrigger

The concept of backwards time travel violates several laws of physics as we understand them. The grandfather paradox, for example, suggests that traveling back in time could allow you to prevent your own existence, which is inherently contradictory. Moreover, entropy tends to increase over time, so reversing that process would require negating the second law of thermodynamics. Despite these scientific challenges, the philosophical implications are fascinating. If one could correct past mistakes, it could potentially lead to a morally complex scenario. Would those changes be ethically justifiable if they erase the experiences that defined others' lives?

12 months ago by ParadoxPam

idk, seems sketchy. u can't just jump back in time without creating massive ripple effects. even if u dont 'correct' stuff, just being there changes things. and what about your life you left behind? no one would remember you, right? feels like it’s full of holes.

12 months ago by QuantumFiend

I'd totally jump back! Imagine going to major historical events. I'd get to see what really happened during pivotal moments in history. Though, yeah, wouldn't wanna mess with the past too much, don't want to come back to a world of dinos cuz I squashed a bug in the Cretaceous or something lol