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re: If you were randomly sent to the past, would you be able to make a historic difference?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:59 am to red sox fan 13
Posted on 4/12/21 at 1:59 am to red sox fan 13
I think you guys may not be thinking about an entirely. Like microwave ovens, The technology was discovered in 1945 when they found a melted chocolate bar around their radio wave thingamajigy.... It still took close to 30 years before it actually materialized into anything monetarily speaking.
You could know where the oil is on a map...... But knowing the exact spot, how deep to drill,etc..... AND how would you convince somebody with the ability to drill that you magically know?
You aren't sent back in time with capital to make these things into fruition.
You could know where the oil is on a map...... But knowing the exact spot, how deep to drill,etc..... AND how would you convince somebody with the ability to drill that you magically know?
You aren't sent back in time with capital to make these things into fruition.
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 2:00 am
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Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:13 am to Kujo
It wouldn't be necessary or advisable to "create" a whole new technology. You want to time it so you're there on the ground floor of an existing technology that's starting to boom. In the late 19th century they were already drilling several hundred feet using the same methods used for drilling water wells. You show up knowing exactly where to look. I mean, who would guess oil would be in Saudi Arabia of all places? Then you introduce clever innovations like rotating drill bits, how to case a well, etc. You would be the emperor of the world in short order.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 2:15 am to Kujo
Alternatively, I would go back to Tesla's hotel room the day he died in 1943 and abscond with his personal papers before the FBI got to them.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 6:19 am to Kujo
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You could know where the oil is on a map...... But knowing the exact spot, how deep to drill,etc..... AND how would you convince somebody with the ability to drill that you magically know?
I forget the name but there is an old Twilight Zone episode that deals with this somewhat.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 9:05 am to Kujo
How far back we talking? According to Wikipedia the cheeseburger showed up around 1934. Send me back anywhere prior to that and I’m making the worlds first bacon double cheeseburger and becoming a millionaire for it. Also putting America on the fast track for obesity even quicker.
This post was edited on 4/12/21 at 9:32 am
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