Time Travel

Time Travel is not an example of something that I think a lot about. However: A friend suggested that it would be more interesting than the planned 'Why I like Friends' and it is also a good excuse to scan in some old holiday photographs.

From reading novels where time travel is central to the plot (e.g. The Time Traveler's Wife, The Thursday Next series, and Cross Stitch) it becomes evident that going backwards (or forwards) in time can have a large impact on the events in the present. Therefore: A set of rules/conditions would have to be obeyed/met in order for the conscious, safe travel of a member of the general public. It is, for example, important that the researcher (or holiday-maker) is not able to interact with anything in the time spent outside of the 'absolute-present' (unless of course to avert the destruction of all life on earth!). Ideally both the person and the means of transport (capsule) should be invisible and massless. And, in order for the exercise to have any point at all, either the person or the capsule must be able to remember the experience. The consequences of leaving the 'absolute-present' and returning with these memories are unfortunately unavoidable.

Time travel would enable us to answer a lot of questions, some unique and personal, and others of more general interest. For example, I am curious to know what my parents were like before they met each other. I would like to walk alongside the life of Moses to see how the description in the Bible matches with the reality the Israelites experienced.

And: What was the character and motivation of the people who arranged the standing stones?