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**devonin** · 03-17-2008, 10:58 PM

The idea that time travel would necessarily involve moving both through linear time and non-linearly into an alternate universe is generally one of the "easy way out" explanations of time travel. Quantum mechanics in the Copenhagen Interpretation denies that such a thing could be possible, but MWI the Many Worlds Interpretation is one of the farily well regarded alternatives.

I'm generally apt to go with the MWI myself, all things being equal, because I both find the idea fascinating and it actually creates a form of determinism that I find really intriguing to think about.

I mean, most of what I've said here has just been a philosophical attempt to remove the casuality paradox being described by others, but as has been noted, we have no real way to predict what the actual consequences of time travel might be.

03-17-2008, 10:58 PM	#33
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Re: Time Travel The idea that time travel would necessarily involve moving both through linear time and non-linearly into an alternate universe is generally one of the "easy way out" explanations of time travel. Quantum mechanics in the Copenhagen Interpretation denies that such a thing could be possible, but MWI the Many Worlds Interpretation is one of the farily well regarded alternatives. I'm generally apt to go with the MWI myself, all things being equal, because I both find the idea fascinating and it actually creates a form of determinism that I find really intriguing to think about. I mean, most of what I've said here has just been a philosophical attempt to remove the casuality paradox being described by others, but as has been noted, we have no real way to predict what the actual consequences of time travel might be.