• Question: do you think that i could meet my past selve

    Asked by webbtwh to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Rhys Phillips

      Rhys Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Not at the moment, unless your own a Tardis.

    • Photo: Ian van der Linde

      Ian van der Linde answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I wouldnt’ recommend it – that could cause a time paradox that destroys the entire Universe.

    • Photo: Helen Fletcher

      Helen Fletcher answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Ha!! what would you say?

    • Photo: David Corne

      David Corne answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Do this: hold one hand, hand 1, very still, and slap it with your other hand, hand 2. Hand 2 was moving in relation to Hand 1, which, technically, means that,according to the theory of relativity, time was moving very very very very very very very slightly more slowly in the vicinity of Hand 2. This means that Hand 1 was meeting an earlier version of part of yourself when Hand2 bumped into it. In theory, anyway.

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