Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change in world-view, at least for those who broadly share the world view I am presenting in this book. (Ch. 12)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If time travel becomes possible, it fits within an expanding worldview without requiring a fundamental paradigm shift.
- In plain terms
- Time travel fits within the expanding worldview.
- What can you take from it?
- Time travel does not break our understanding of reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does time flow one way?
- Can cause and effect be reversed?
Another view
Time travel introduces paradoxes that challenge logical consistency.
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