Time Travel and Paradoxes An Introduction to Time Travel and Temporal Anomolies in Time Travel Movies
Intro to Time Travel
The DeLorean
Wormholes
Van Stokum Cylinders
Quantum Weirdness Time travel could be possible using similar methods to faster than light quantum teleportation
Paradoxes
Back to the Future Timeline
Temporal Anomalies
Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies
Back to the Future Marty travels back in time Causes an event which could prevent him from being born –Danger: Infinity loop Manages to fix the timeline –although with some differences
Back to the Future II In alternate 1985 the Doc has not built a time machine How then could he have gone into the future where old Biff stole the time machine?
Bill and Ted Rufus travels back in time to make sure they don’t fail history causing their band, Wyld Stallyons to never exist –But if they did fail how does Rufus know about Wyld Stallyons? After many trips through time they have significantly altered the timeline
Terminators Machines are sent back in time to alter history If the Terminator succeeded, he would not have been sent back in time in the first place
Doctor Who Uses a type 40 TARDIS for time travel Can travel from any point in space-time to any other point Could lead to many temporal anomalies
Conclusion Be careful when travelling backwards in time Infinity loops could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the universe.