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#1
Narf_the_Mouse
Jul 03, 2008 9:12:32 Using only factual information you can confirm, prove you are or are not a time traveler. Feel free to be as silly, ridiculous or off-the-wall as needed - Or as scientific.

My brain is tired right now - I'll post something later.
#2
_jayne_cobb_
Jul 03, 2008 9:55:53 We are all time-travelers, though we can only move forward and at a fairly consistent rate.
#3
rambaldi
Jul 03, 2008 10:13:58 I disagree, we are all stationary in time, appearing to jump from one state to the next but that only appears to be so as the next state has the "memory" of the previous state
#4
arkanon
Jul 03, 2008 10:31:18 I am in fact a time traveler, I can travel at a rate of 60 seconds per minute.
#5
Narf_the_Mouse
Jul 03, 2008 10:58:57 ...Using an argument which has not been previously used... :P
#6
larecjv
Jul 03, 2008 11:09:15 Im not a time traveler because i do not believe in time as a concept, its a human made term, not an universal constant.
#7
_jayne_cobb_
Jul 03, 2008 11:20:11
Im not a time traveler because i do not believe in time as a concept, its a human made term, not an universal constant.

Time is no more strictly an intellectual construct than are length, depth, or height.
#8
Narf_the_Mouse
Jul 03, 2008 11:23:57 I don't believe in the chair I'm sitting in; it's a human-made term, not a universal constant. :D

See, the chair is temporary. Time is infinite. Now, any number divided by infinity results in zero, because you cannot put infinity into a finite number. Thus, the chair does not exist.
#9
dirgechoir
Jul 03, 2008 11:36:54 I do not travel through time. I am a semi-stable point in the universe which time flows around. My basic resistance to moving through time has cause time to scour away at me like sand paper does to wood.
#10
pigknight
Jul 05, 2008 12:07:11 I am a time traveler, look I can make time go backwords.

.sdrowkcab og emit ekam nac I kool ,relevart emit a ma I
#11
delfedd
Jul 05, 2008 13:14:45 I'm a time traveler because I have a time machine.
#12
Ryoku
Jul 05, 2008 22:59:18 There, see? I've proved it.
#13
Nived
Jul 06, 2008 12:58:58 If you bisect a single dimensional object, a line, by an object with no dimension, a point, how many sections do you have? If you answered two, you are wrong. There are three, one half of the line, the point, and the other half of the line.

If you bisect a two dimensional plane, by a single dimension line, how many pieces do you have? Again, the answer is three, this half of the plane, the line, and the other half of the plane.

If you bisect a three dimensional object, lets say a cube, by a two dimensional plane, how many pieces do you have? Again three (are you seeing the pattern?), this half of the cube, the plane, and the other half of the cube.

Now we take a four dimensional object (represented by time), and we bisect it with a three dimensional object, this time lets say the universe, how many pieces do we have? Three, this half of time, the bisection, and the other half of time; in other words we have the past, the present, and the future. The universe, the three dimensional object is the bisection.

I exist in the universe, ergo I exist in the present, thus I am not in either half of time. If I am not in time, then I can not travel within it now can I?

"That was easy," says Nived, for an encore he proves that black is white and promptly get killed at the next zebra crossing.
#14
GMforPowergamers
Jul 06, 2008 13:00:29 "see this..This is my tie"
#15
Ryoku
Jul 06, 2008 21:26:09 Aw man, what an awesome thread. I can totally prove I'm a time traveler. I'll go back to yesterday (Saturday the 5th) and make a post just before midnight.

But it might seem a bit weird because time isn't a strict progression from cause to effect but it's actually more like a big ball of wibly wobly... stuff... I think that sentence got away from me...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 Narf_the_Mouse Jul 03, 2008 9:12:32	Using only factual information you can confirm, prove you are or are not a time traveler. Feel free to be as silly, ridiculous or off-the-wall as needed - Or as scientific. My brain is tired right now - I'll post something later.
#2 _jayne_cobb_ Jul 03, 2008 9:55:53	We are all time-travelers, though we can only move forward and at a fairly consistent rate.
#3 rambaldi Jul 03, 2008 10:13:58	I disagree, we are all stationary in time, appearing to jump from one state to the next but that only appears to be so as the next state has the "memory" of the previous state
#4 arkanon Jul 03, 2008 10:31:18	I am in fact a time traveler, I can travel at a rate of 60 seconds per minute.
#5 Narf_the_Mouse Jul 03, 2008 10:58:57	...Using an argument which has not been previously used... :P
#6 larecjv Jul 03, 2008 11:09:15	Im not a time traveler because i do not believe in time as a concept, its a human made term, not an universal constant.
#7 _jayne_cobb_ Jul 03, 2008 11:20:11	Im not a time traveler because i do not believe in time as a concept, its a human made term, not an universal constant. Time is no more strictly an intellectual construct than are length, depth, or height.
#8 Narf_the_Mouse Jul 03, 2008 11:23:57	I don't believe in the chair I'm sitting in; it's a human-made term, not a universal constant. :D See, the chair is temporary. Time is infinite. Now, any number divided by infinity results in zero, because you cannot put infinity into a finite number. Thus, the chair does not exist.
#9 dirgechoir Jul 03, 2008 11:36:54	I do not travel through time. I am a semi-stable point in the universe which time flows around. My basic resistance to moving through time has cause time to scour away at me like sand paper does to wood.
#10 pigknight Jul 05, 2008 12:07:11	I am a time traveler, look I can make time go backwords. .sdrowkcab og emit ekam nac I kool ,relevart emit a ma I
#11 delfedd Jul 05, 2008 13:14:45	I'm a time traveler because I have a time machine.
#12 Ryoku Jul 05, 2008 22:59:18	There, see? I've proved it.
#13 Nived Jul 06, 2008 12:58:58	If you bisect a single dimensional object, a line, by an object with no dimension, a point, how many sections do you have? If you answered two, you are wrong. There are three, one half of the line, the point, and the other half of the line. If you bisect a two dimensional plane, by a single dimension line, how many pieces do you have? Again, the answer is three, this half of the plane, the line, and the other half of the plane. If you bisect a three dimensional object, lets say a cube, by a two dimensional plane, how many pieces do you have? Again three (are you seeing the pattern?), this half of the cube, the plane, and the other half of the cube. Now we take a four dimensional object (represented by time), and we bisect it with a three dimensional object, this time lets say the universe, how many pieces do we have? Three, this half of time, the bisection, and the other half of time; in other words we have the past, the present, and the future. The universe, the three dimensional object is the bisection. I exist in the universe, ergo I exist in the present, thus I am not in either half of time. If I am not in time, then I can not travel within it now can I? "That was easy," says Nived, for an encore he proves that black is white and promptly get killed at the next zebra crossing.
#14 GMforPowergamers Jul 06, 2008 13:00:29	"see this..This is my tie"
#15 Ryoku Jul 06, 2008 21:26:09	Aw man, what an awesome thread. I can totally prove I'm a time traveler. I'll go back to yesterday (Saturday the 5th) and make a post just before midnight. But it might seem a bit weird because time isn't a strict progression from cause to effect but it's actually more like a big ball of wibly wobly... stuff... I think that sentence got away from me...