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Time travel question paradox, based off Looper (movie spoilers inside)
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:40 pm
Saw this movie again recently and made me think of a time travel question.
To recap - In the end young Bruce Willis kills himself to prevent future Bruce Willis from killing the little boy. When he kills himself, future Bruce Willis instantly disappears. Makes since, he was dead and would not be able to come back to the past. In the movie though the damage done by the future Bruce Willis remains.
In movie world that is OK, however in reality (because we know time travel exists) would all the damage be done. It should automatically morph to the alternate timeline where nothing happened. No silver/gold bars on the ground and the little boy does not have a gunshot wound. Then we go back to if future Bruce Willis cannot come back, how does all this start since he was the catalyst to the events.
Time travel paradox is confusing.
To recap - In the end young Bruce Willis kills himself to prevent future Bruce Willis from killing the little boy. When he kills himself, future Bruce Willis instantly disappears. Makes since, he was dead and would not be able to come back to the past. In the movie though the damage done by the future Bruce Willis remains.
In movie world that is OK, however in reality (because we know time travel exists) would all the damage be done. It should automatically morph to the alternate timeline where nothing happened. No silver/gold bars on the ground and the little boy does not have a gunshot wound. Then we go back to if future Bruce Willis cannot come back, how does all this start since he was the catalyst to the events.
Time travel paradox is confusing.
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Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:42 pm to DarthRebel
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because we know time travel exists
Do tell.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:42 pm to DarthRebel
Because it's your dog
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:44 pm to DarthRebel
Time travel is not real
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:44 pm to DarthRebel
This has already been explained-
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:46 pm to DarthRebel
Let me ask Dr Emmitt Brown
ETA See the post above mine.
ETA See the post above mine.
This post was edited on 6/4/17 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:52 pm to Smalls
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Do tell.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 4:55 pm to BCMCubs
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Time travel is not real
The movie style of time travel isnt, but time dilation due to gravitational forces has been proven over and over again to be accurate.. so, in basic terms, it does
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:02 pm to DarthRebel
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(because we know time travel exists)
Time travel backwards is not possible. Only forward.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:03 pm to DarthRebel
I'm a believer in LOST time travel rules: whatever happened happened. If you go back in time and try to change it, then in the end you will merely fulfill.
There's a good Twilight Zone episode that deals with this. A guy goes back in time and kills a baby Hitler. The nurse walks in and sees the dead baby. She then proceeds to go to the Jewish ghetto and abducts a baby. That baby turns into the actual Hitler.
I don't buy Looper's logic.
There's a good Twilight Zone episode that deals with this. A guy goes back in time and kills a baby Hitler. The nurse walks in and sees the dead baby. She then proceeds to go to the Jewish ghetto and abducts a baby. That baby turns into the actual Hitler.
I don't buy Looper's logic.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:06 pm to rpg37
quote:Which makes it not worth it, IMO. It does remove all the space/time continuum issues. You would never run into yourself, since you left to go forward.
Time travel backwards is not possible. Only forward.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:08 pm to DarthRebel
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(because we know time travel exists)
This is definitely where I parked my car for the afternoon.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:17 pm to BCMCubs
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Time travel is not real
I'm traveling through time right now. Know how I know? My clock ticks.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:19 pm to TigerstuckinMS
So is it time travel or just anti-aging?
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:23 pm to DarthRebel
It's a plot hole, but you're not supposed to over-analyze it. Jeff Daniels' character tells you in the movie something along the lines of "Don't think too hard about it, it'll melt your brain".
If ya wanna see a "more realistic" time travel movie check out Primer.
If ya wanna see a "more realistic" time travel movie check out Primer.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 5:52 pm to DarthRebel
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DarthRebel
Put the bong down
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:41 pm to weedGOKU666
How about 5th dimensional beings. They are not time travelers, but in a way they would be. They can see past, present and future of any point in time.
Crap, not I am mixing Looper with Interstellar. I am down voting myself.
Crap, not I am mixing Looper with Interstellar. I am down voting myself.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:44 pm to DarthRebel
You're not allowed to start a thread without hot bitches.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:46 pm to DarthRebel
Just check out butterfly effect instead
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:51 pm to DarthRebel
Lotta people here must not have jobs tomorrow to get this high on a Sunday night.
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