What is time travel?
Wiktionary describes time travel as; "Hypothetical or fictional travel at will to the past or the future,
typically by means of a machine (a time machine) or a wormhole."
Time travel has been written about for over two
thousand years and one of its earliest mentions may have been in the
story of King Revaita in the Mahabharata. Since then time travel has become more and more popular with many books, movies, comics, web pages and television programs devoted to it. Does this mean that it is just make-believe? Simply a story? Not necessarily.
"Before the twentieth century, scientists and philosophers rarely
investigated time travel, but now it is an exciting and deeply studied
topic. There are investigations into travel to the future and travel to
the past, although travel to the past is more problematical and receives
more attention. There are also investigations of the logical
possibility of time travel, the physical possibility of time travel, and
the technological practicality of time travel."
Joel Hunter, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Joel Hunter, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
There are many different theories about what time travel means, whether it is possible or not, and how it would be done. If you asked a hundred people if it was possible then you would get a hundred different answers, which would depend on what each person thought of as time travel. A physicist would consider a small jump of one second to be successful time travel but to a writer this would be a waste of time. If you asked a writer what time travel meant then they would imagine being able to go back or forward over great periods of time and have adventures.
When discussing time travel it is important to decide exactly what is meant - travel to the past or to the future? How far back or forward could you go? Would you need a TARDIS? Could you change anything or just watch?
In Timekeepers the Tempus Viator teachers can time travel organically - they don't need a machine or piece of equipment to do it. They can travel to the past and participate in it, instead of just being able to watch like Scrooge with his Ghost of Christmas Past. They can travel as far back as they want, not just a few seconds, and they can make changes to individual lives.
This is what we think of as time travel - adventure and excitement. So is it possible?
When discussing time travel it is important to decide exactly what is meant - travel to the past or to the future? How far back or forward could you go? Would you need a TARDIS? Could you change anything or just watch?
In Timekeepers the Tempus Viator teachers can time travel organically - they don't need a machine or piece of equipment to do it. They can travel to the past and participate in it, instead of just being able to watch like Scrooge with his Ghost of Christmas Past. They can travel as far back as they want, not just a few seconds, and they can make changes to individual lives.
This is what we think of as time travel - adventure and excitement. So is it possible?
