On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:58:05 -0800 (PST), jojo <jojlolo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>> There is no need for there to be alternate futures or parallel
universes in
>> existence, only the one, which changes. However, changing the future
>> doesn't change the past, even the past that includes someone who came
back
>> from the (now changed) future.
>>
>
>There are only 2 possibilities with time travel: there is only one
>universe or a multitude of universes.
>If there is only one, then the instant that the first T1000 was sent,
>before Reese could be sent also, he changed the past
How is the concept of "instant" meaningful when talking about time
travel?
and there was no
>John Connor. Of course we have also the problem that JC's father is
>from the future or that, in T2, Skynet was born from the terminator -
>Skynet was born from Skynet. Since sending the first (or any other)
>Terminator did not change the future the instant it happened
Oh see, you're making up rules again. What if history doesn't change
until there's no chance that it can't be changed back? What if
historical changes take "time" to propagate forward? What if being
close to the time machine protects you from historical changes? What
if you have the same time to send someone else back that it takes the
terminator to actually change history before the change happens? What
if what really happened was Connor's role in the resistance was taken
by some other guy who sent Reese back but Reese going back changed
history again so Reese now remembered it as being Connor who had sent
him back? And above all, what if it is impossible to change history
in the first place so everyone's actions are predestined and their
consciousnesses are just along for the ride?
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