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Critical Context Essaybuildatimemachine
Critical Context Essaybuildatimemachine
Critical Context Essaybuildatimemachine
chine. Supportingpoints TimeTravel o Thefasterthanlighttravelmethodpreferredbymostsciencefictionwriterscontradicts thespecialtheoryofrelativity o Thegeneraltheoryofrelativitymaypermittimetravel o Quantumtheorytakesoverfromgeneralrelativitytosupportthepossibilityoftime travel. o Hyperspacetheorycansettlethequestion.Becausebothquantumtheoryand Einsteinstheoryofgravityareunitedintendimensionalspace,weexpectthatthe questionoftimetravelwillbesettledecisivelybythehyperspacetheory.(68788) CollapseofCausality o Iftimetravelispossiblethenthelawsofcausalitycrumble.(688) o StephenHawkingbelievesthattimetravelisnotpossiblethethefactthatwehavenot beeninvadedbyhordesoftouristsfromthefuture.(689) TimeParadoxes o Meetingyourparentsbeforeyouareborn o Themanwithnopast(689) Worldlines o Ahumanbeingcanbedefinedasatemporarycollectionofworldlinesofmolecules. Thesewouldlineswerescatteredbeforewewereborn,cametogethertoformour bodies,andwillrescatterafterwedie. o Theworldlineoftheinventoroftimetravelisaclosedloop.Hisworldlinefulfills, ratherthanchanges,thepast. SpoilerofArithmeticandGeneralRelativity o Thissentenceisfalse.Ifthesentenceistrue,thenitfollowsthatitisfalse.Ifthe sentenceisfalse,thenthesentenceistrue.(693)
Bymakingaroundtriponarocketshipinasufficientlywidecurve,itispossibleinthese [particle]worldstotravelintoaregionofthepast,present,andfuture,andbackagain. (694) LivingintheTwilightZone o TheNUThypothesisthateverywormholesolutiontoEinsteinsequationscouldbe showntoallowsomeformoftimetravel.(695) o EinsteinsequationswerelikeaTrojanhorseinsidelurkallsortsofstrangedemons, whichallowforthepossibilityofinterstellartravelthroughwormholesandtimetravel. (696) ToBuildaTimeMachine o FindasolutiontoEinsteinsequationsinwhichaspacetravelerwouldnotbetornapart bythetidaleffectsoftheintensegravitationalfield.(697) o Provethatitwasscientificallyfeasible,notthatitwaseconomicalorwithinthebounds ofpresentdayearthscience(698) o Thesolutionisthetransversiblewormhole.(698) o TheClosedTimelineCurves(CTCs)thatappearinthewormholeseemtofulfillthepast ratherthanchangeitorinitiatetimeparadoxes.(699) BlueprintforaTimeMachine o Energymustbetemporarilynegativefortimetraveltobesuccessful. o Quantumtheorymakenegativeenergypossible o StringtheoryisafullyquantummechanicaltheorythatincludesEinsteinstheoryof generalrelativityasasubset,socanbeusedtocalculatecorrectiontotheoriginal wormholetheory.Thus,theaveragedweakenergycondition(AWEC)conditionis physicallyrealizable.(701) o