Re: What would make you believe?

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Wildepad wrote:
> 
>> It's not the effect the one bill, counterfeit or not (it could be a
>> relic), would have, it's the problems you would have explaining
>> why/where/how you acquired it, and it would negate your being able to
>> claim the prize (any impropriety in the purchase is cause to deny the
>> payout). 
> 
> You act as if $1 is extremely hard to acquire in the modern world.  Walk

> up to someone and ask for it.  Or, just as trivial, bring something back

> with you and sell it.
> 
> Further, you seem to think that individual bills are far more traceable 
> than they invariably are.

I'm Canadian, our dollar coins don't have serial numbers. You can't even 
track them in principle. I imagine in the US the same effect could be 
achieved by using four quarters instead of a dollar bill.

Once again it seems like the goal of the scenario isn't what was 
originally claimed. If these future-people genuinely wanted to change 
the past they'd drop these pointless restrictions. Seems more likely 
that they're just interested in finding out how past-people react to 
various absurd situations instead.