Hello, hello, hello again! If you already know where you're at and why you're here, there is no need for introductions, so let's just get started, shall we?
So, we are still on Teleporation, as the title suggests, and yet again, we're looking at another theory. This one, however, seems rather odd and to other people, possibly morbid. I never thought we'd have to mention this word ever again, but unfortunately we will be exploring the teleporter paradox.
This time, for my information source, I went to the Physics Forum, in which the first post that was shown was about this paradox. The first thing you need to understand is the theory of cloning that coincides with teleportation. Theorists have thought of teleportation as the copying of atoms and molecules and sending it to the other, intended location. As you see in the Physics Forum, there are two ways that theory can go. Either, the copy is made, sent to the other location, and then the original is destroyed OR the copy is made, sent to the other location, but the original is kept. (For some reason, the whole "copy" in teleportation is what makes this theory a "paradox", which really doesn't make much sense, considering there is not really a paradox going on at all.)
Right now, there are probably two kinds of responses going on as they read about the copy and original part of the theory. 1) "OH COOL! I GET A COPY OF MYSELF!" 2) "So.. there's another me?.... gross. - Or to some extent, those are some of the responses. So do you see the problem here? Not only could you possibly be destroyed as the "original", but you could also have a copy of yourself that could be the totally opposite of yourself AND GO ON A RAMPAGE IN TOKYO. Just thinking about it, I see that there's a large margin for error if anyone were to even consider experimenting with this kind of theory.
Yet again, WHO ARE WE TO NOT TAMPER WITH THE WORLD AND ITS SCIENCES?! And at that, I conclude this blog post, but this time, let me end this with a question, maybe two. If you were to teleport in this type of situation, with a copy and all, how would you use that type of situation to your advantage? It's a weird question, I know, just roll with it. Lastly, because I am starting to find it harder and harder to discover new theories, do any of you, my readers, have any ideas for any theories for teleportation or time travel that you would like me to talk about or clarify?
Tardis
Monday, February 17, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Teleportation Theories 101: Wormholes
Welcome again aficionados of TARDIS!
Last week we introduced what we would be researching for the next few weeks: Teleportation. It's going to be absolutely fantastic! Hahahahehehe... (sobs uncontrollably)....
JUST SO MANY THEORIES! Gahhh. But no matter, because you will be the next victi- uhhh participants in discovering new knowledge! Today, another matter of familiarity will be brought up to us again, and that is the wormhole. Like I said before, time travel and teleportation are closely related, in the case that the theories involve both location AND time. The following information was found using the Discover site. Go check it out and read about it before moving on.
I'll wait....................... You done? Good.
Wormholes are just FANTASTIC to read about. It's absolute fun to be confused until my head hurts. No matter, because I will try my best to explain it to you. Specifically, what I want to talk about is the traversable wormhole. It is a theoretical passage, like a tunnel, except it can transport you from one location in space to another in mere seconds. Seems like a good deal right? Well too bad it isn't actually proven to work yet. The fact of the matter is that wormholes have an enormous amount of gravity within the throat of it all, so any traveler would be utterly squished. What scientists have discovered is that the throat needs special things to stabilize and open the throat: negative mass and negative energy. Even if we could get some of the stuff within our grasps, manipulating enough of it to get enough to stabilize a wormhole would be utterly impossible.
With this information, both in time travel and teleportation, I think it's safe to say that the wormhole idea is out. But even though we can't achieve it NOW, perhaps LATER, we'll be able to accomplish wormhole travel. So, let's not set it aside as an impossibility forever. Just for now.
Information like this, familiar ones related to previous time travel discussions is some of what you will see in the next few posts. For now, so long, for I need rest from reading all this sciency stuff. Goodbye!
Last week we introduced what we would be researching for the next few weeks: Teleportation. It's going to be absolutely fantastic! Hahahahehehe... (sobs uncontrollably)....
JUST SO MANY THEORIES! Gahhh. But no matter, because you will be the next victi- uhhh participants in discovering new knowledge! Today, another matter of familiarity will be brought up to us again, and that is the wormhole. Like I said before, time travel and teleportation are closely related, in the case that the theories involve both location AND time. The following information was found using the Discover site. Go check it out and read about it before moving on.
I'll wait....................... You done? Good.
Wormholes are just FANTASTIC to read about. It's absolute fun to be confused until my head hurts. No matter, because I will try my best to explain it to you. Specifically, what I want to talk about is the traversable wormhole. It is a theoretical passage, like a tunnel, except it can transport you from one location in space to another in mere seconds. Seems like a good deal right? Well too bad it isn't actually proven to work yet. The fact of the matter is that wormholes have an enormous amount of gravity within the throat of it all, so any traveler would be utterly squished. What scientists have discovered is that the throat needs special things to stabilize and open the throat: negative mass and negative energy. Even if we could get some of the stuff within our grasps, manipulating enough of it to get enough to stabilize a wormhole would be utterly impossible.
With this information, both in time travel and teleportation, I think it's safe to say that the wormhole idea is out. But even though we can't achieve it NOW, perhaps LATER, we'll be able to accomplish wormhole travel. So, let's not set it aside as an impossibility forever. Just for now.
Information like this, familiar ones related to previous time travel discussions is some of what you will see in the next few posts. For now, so long, for I need rest from reading all this sciency stuff. Goodbye!
Monday, January 20, 2014
Teleportation: How to….. Kinda
Welcome back my Doctor Who aficionados!
Today, we will be looking into yet another great aspect of the TARDIS. Since it seems that we have gotten past all the time travel information possible, we must now continue forth with a new but similar trait of the TARDIS: TELEPORTATION!
The thing that might seem weird with this, however, is that the concepts of teleportation and time travel are so close. I mean, they are REALLY close. They are SO CLOSE that they are practically super glued together! Well, anyway... so yeah they're pretty close... To the point! There are a number of theories with teleportation that coincide with time travel. However there are some theories that are also significantly different, making teleportation distinctive from time travel.
Looking back to the HowStuffWorks website, I found that (like always) there are a substantial number of theories. And for the next few weeks, we will be going over those theories, at the same time, thinking of how it could work, and unfortunately, how it can all go wrong. From Einstein and light speed, to biological cloning, we are going to discover and research what teleportation and how it exactly works.
So, this is the start of a new phase of research and discovery. New theories (sort of) and a new aspect in making a possible time traveling machine. Now, I haven't done this before, but I think it would be beneficial and quite helpful because now I am asking to all of you readers of this blog to send or comment any new theories or ideas you think would be significantly tied in to anything being discussed whether teleportation or time travel.
Now, I believe that we are done here, so off you go with your ideas and intellect and such and such. Goodbye and good day!
Today, we will be looking into yet another great aspect of the TARDIS. Since it seems that we have gotten past all the time travel information possible, we must now continue forth with a new but similar trait of the TARDIS: TELEPORTATION!
The thing that might seem weird with this, however, is that the concepts of teleportation and time travel are so close. I mean, they are REALLY close. They are SO CLOSE that they are practically super glued together! Well, anyway... so yeah they're pretty close... To the point! There are a number of theories with teleportation that coincide with time travel. However there are some theories that are also significantly different, making teleportation distinctive from time travel.
Looking back to the HowStuffWorks website, I found that (like always) there are a substantial number of theories. And for the next few weeks, we will be going over those theories, at the same time, thinking of how it could work, and unfortunately, how it can all go wrong. From Einstein and light speed, to biological cloning, we are going to discover and research what teleportation and how it exactly works.
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| "Beam Me Up Scotty!" - A classic example of telportation |
So, this is the start of a new phase of research and discovery. New theories (sort of) and a new aspect in making a possible time traveling machine. Now, I haven't done this before, but I think it would be beneficial and quite helpful because now I am asking to all of you readers of this blog to send or comment any new theories or ideas you think would be significantly tied in to anything being discussed whether teleportation or time travel.
Now, I believe that we are done here, so off you go with your ideas and intellect and such and such. Goodbye and good day!
Friday, December 13, 2013
Our Progress
What I've Done
Throughout the progress of this blog, I've posted key information in making a time machine, in this case The TARDIS. Along the way I've posted various theories and scientific research, along with possible application and use for future models.
My Best Post and Why It's Good
I believe that my post, "The Grandfather Paradox - The Inconsistent Causal Loop", is the best post thus far. I was very thorough in explaining the information that I was presenting, but instead of presenting as a lecture, I added in some of my own experience researching the data, thus making it more of a "personal blog post."
What I'd Like to Improve On
Holding back. In a few of my posts I see that I may have too much of my own personality into the post, thus somewhat deviating from the given topic and making it too much of a "personal blog."
What I've Learned About Myself as a Learner
I have found that I crave professionally. In the midst of actually making the various posts, I have a tendency to look up certain words in the dictionary to actually use specific and more complicated words to make myself sound a lot smarter and more professional.
Where I'd Like to Go
Specifically, I'd like my blog to be a personal blog, but I still want to act like I know what I'm doing. However, I don't want it to be a total lecture, boring every reader that comes my way. So I must balance the personal and informative aspects of my blog to make it fun to read and a learning experience.
Throughout the progress of this blog, I've posted key information in making a time machine, in this case The TARDIS. Along the way I've posted various theories and scientific research, along with possible application and use for future models.
My Best Post and Why It's Good
I believe that my post, "The Grandfather Paradox - The Inconsistent Causal Loop", is the best post thus far. I was very thorough in explaining the information that I was presenting, but instead of presenting as a lecture, I added in some of my own experience researching the data, thus making it more of a "personal blog post."
What I'd Like to Improve On
Holding back. In a few of my posts I see that I may have too much of my own personality into the post, thus somewhat deviating from the given topic and making it too much of a "personal blog."
What I've Learned About Myself as a Learner
I have found that I crave professionally. In the midst of actually making the various posts, I have a tendency to look up certain words in the dictionary to actually use specific and more complicated words to make myself sound a lot smarter and more professional.
Where I'd Like to Go
Specifically, I'd like my blog to be a personal blog, but I still want to act like I know what I'm doing. However, I don't want it to be a total lecture, boring every reader that comes my way. So I must balance the personal and informative aspects of my blog to make it fun to read and a learning experience.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Predestination Paradox - This has nothing to do with religion
Welcome back to TARDIS Talk my fellow Doctor Who fans and time traveling theorists!
Last week, we spoke about the Bootstrap paradox, which basically stated that there is no cause, instead it is the effect that becomes the cause.. which becomes the effect... that becomes ... the cause.... Okay, we're past that so let's move on already. What we're moving on to is like a branch of that paradox: The Predestination paradox. And no, it has nothing to do with religion so before you jump to conclusions, you better read this sentence first.
Going back on the internet, I came upon an entirely new website, explaining this paradox in the simplest way possible ("simple", being used loosely). The website is called the Examiner.
The Temporal (Predestination) Paradox is described as an event in a fixed point in time. It means that attempting to change something in the past, coming from the future, wont change anything. Instead it would become unchanged, actually staying as it were as an event. What really happens is when the future force attempts to change the past, that same force becomes what causes the event in the past.
Once again, this becomes a discussion needing an example. BACK TO OUR IMAGINATIONS!
Now, imagine yourself as a person... or an alien... OR AN ALIEN HUMANOID.... reading an article about a huge forest fire that happened about a month ago. You find out that it was a mere campfire gone wrong, and knowing the cause, you are inspired to try and stop it. So, you get in your time machine and go to the very place and time that the fire started. Arriving a few hours before the fire (assume it's night time), you set up camp. You get your tent up and then you start a campfire... the campfire... the camp- THE CAMPFIRE.... YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND FIND THAT YOUR CAMPFIRE WAS SO STUPIDLY MADE THAT IT SET FIRE TO YOUR TENT THAT YOU SET UP BY A TREE, THAT, IN TURN, WAS SET ABLAZE!.... you... you... just... oh my gosh, learn to make a campfire... geez.... Anyway, after that event, you realized that YOU are the actual cause of the same, great forest fire that inspired you to try and stop it.
So, that is the Predestination Paradox. Yes, it does have a bit of disappointment for time travelers, but it's just something that can't be changed. Not ever.
Thank you all for tuning back in to TARDIS Talk! I hope to see you all again here and to learn more about time travel and the TARDIS. Goodbye!
On a last note: DID YOU GUYS SEE THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR? WASN'T IT AMAZING?! AHHHHHHHHHH! If you didn't see it, you shouldn't even be reading this blog until you have.
Going back on the internet, I came upon an entirely new website, explaining this paradox in the simplest way possible ("simple", being used loosely). The website is called the Examiner.
The Temporal (Predestination) Paradox is described as an event in a fixed point in time. It means that attempting to change something in the past, coming from the future, wont change anything. Instead it would become unchanged, actually staying as it were as an event. What really happens is when the future force attempts to change the past, that same force becomes what causes the event in the past.
Once again, this becomes a discussion needing an example. BACK TO OUR IMAGINATIONS!
Now, imagine yourself as a person... or an alien... OR AN ALIEN HUMANOID.... reading an article about a huge forest fire that happened about a month ago. You find out that it was a mere campfire gone wrong, and knowing the cause, you are inspired to try and stop it. So, you get in your time machine and go to the very place and time that the fire started. Arriving a few hours before the fire (assume it's night time), you set up camp. You get your tent up and then you start a campfire... the campfire... the camp- THE CAMPFIRE.... YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING AND FIND THAT YOUR CAMPFIRE WAS SO STUPIDLY MADE THAT IT SET FIRE TO YOUR TENT THAT YOU SET UP BY A TREE, THAT, IN TURN, WAS SET ABLAZE!.... you... you... just... oh my gosh, learn to make a campfire... geez.... Anyway, after that event, you realized that YOU are the actual cause of the same, great forest fire that inspired you to try and stop it.
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| A basic representation of the paradox using a billiard ball. |
So, that is the Predestination Paradox. Yes, it does have a bit of disappointment for time travelers, but it's just something that can't be changed. Not ever.
Thank you all for tuning back in to TARDIS Talk! I hope to see you all again here and to learn more about time travel and the TARDIS. Goodbye!
On a last note: DID YOU GUYS SEE THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR? WASN'T IT AMAZING?! AHHHHHHHHHH! If you didn't see it, you shouldn't even be reading this blog until you have.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
"Pull Yourself by Your Bootstraps" - The Ontological Paradox
Welcome back to TARDIS Talk, friends, strangers and possible aliens!
Last week, we talked about a paradox of time travel: The Grandfather Paradox. Today, we will be looking into yet another paradox. Don't worry, because this one won't be as mind boggling and confusing as the last paradox. This paradox basically follows a constant loop through time: The Ontological Paradox - more commonly known as the "Bootstrap" Paradox.
Looking through the internet, I did not find a website, but I found a book excerpt. The excerpt gives basic information and examples of how the bootstrap paradox works. Unlike the Grandfather Paradox, I didn't have to read this 10 times just to have a basic understanding. The book I found was called Eating The Dinosaur and the short excerpt talking about the paradox can be found on page 60.
The Ontological Paradox states that effect eliminates the original cause of the effect and itself becomes the cause. . . . Perhaps an example would be a lot clearer.
Imagine yourself as a time traveler (obviously) and you just finished reading The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (a marvelous book I might add). You loved the book, you adored it, and you with your compulsive nature, wants to make sure that H.G. Wells writes it so it can be published. So, you get in your time machine with your copy of The Time Machine, travel to 1894, about one year before the book was published, and leave it at Wells's door. Then, Wells takes the copy, claims it as his own, and publishes it the next year for it to be copied once again for you to read in the future.
That is the Bootstrap Paradox in the nutshell. Most of the time, in stories, the Bootstrap paradox becomes an essential part of the principles of cause and effect. This means that if you disrupt the loop, like if you didn't bring the book back to H.G. Wells in the past, the effect couldn't happen thus making the cause impossible. This either disrupts space time and reality, or just can't happen and the paradox occurs anyway.
Thinking about it now, this paradox will probably be something I will run into continually if I ever do time travel, whether accidentally or intentionally.
If you'd like to learn more about the Bootstrap Paradox, I'd suggest you watch a couple of episodes from Doctor Who again. The one episode I would greatly recommend is Blink, and yes, it is the one with the weeping angels unfortunately. I'm sorry, but if you want to learn more about "Bootstrap", you're going to have to suck it up, deal with the angels, and watch that episode again.
Thank you everyone for again partaking in the discussion of time travel and the TARDIS. I hope this discussion wasn't as head pounding as the last.
On a last note, I am fabulous and you should be too! Goodbye!
Last week, we talked about a paradox of time travel: The Grandfather Paradox. Today, we will be looking into yet another paradox. Don't worry, because this one won't be as mind boggling and confusing as the last paradox. This paradox basically follows a constant loop through time: The Ontological Paradox - more commonly known as the "Bootstrap" Paradox.
Looking through the internet, I did not find a website, but I found a book excerpt. The excerpt gives basic information and examples of how the bootstrap paradox works. Unlike the Grandfather Paradox, I didn't have to read this 10 times just to have a basic understanding. The book I found was called Eating The Dinosaur and the short excerpt talking about the paradox can be found on page 60.
The Ontological Paradox states that effect eliminates the original cause of the effect and itself becomes the cause. . . . Perhaps an example would be a lot clearer.
Imagine yourself as a time traveler (obviously) and you just finished reading The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (a marvelous book I might add). You loved the book, you adored it, and you with your compulsive nature, wants to make sure that H.G. Wells writes it so it can be published. So, you get in your time machine with your copy of The Time Machine, travel to 1894, about one year before the book was published, and leave it at Wells's door. Then, Wells takes the copy, claims it as his own, and publishes it the next year for it to be copied once again for you to read in the future.
That is the Bootstrap Paradox in the nutshell. Most of the time, in stories, the Bootstrap paradox becomes an essential part of the principles of cause and effect. This means that if you disrupt the loop, like if you didn't bring the book back to H.G. Wells in the past, the effect couldn't happen thus making the cause impossible. This either disrupts space time and reality, or just can't happen and the paradox occurs anyway.
Thinking about it now, this paradox will probably be something I will run into continually if I ever do time travel, whether accidentally or intentionally.
If you'd like to learn more about the Bootstrap Paradox, I'd suggest you watch a couple of episodes from Doctor Who again. The one episode I would greatly recommend is Blink, and yes, it is the one with the weeping angels unfortunately. I'm sorry, but if you want to learn more about "Bootstrap", you're going to have to suck it up, deal with the angels, and watch that episode again.
Thank you everyone for again partaking in the discussion of time travel and the TARDIS. I hope this discussion wasn't as head pounding as the last.
On a last note, I am fabulous and you should be too! Goodbye!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
The Grandfather Paradox - The Inconsistent Causal Loop
Welcome back to TARDIS Talk, my good followers of time travel!
So, for the last few weeks, we have been exploring the methods of time travel, but now, I will be reviewing with you vital information that I probably should have explained to you before I even started on how to time travel. We will want to - need to - know about the very mind boggling paradox of time travel: The Grandfather Paradox.
I went around, scoping about information to further explain what this famous paradox is. Upon finding the Time Travel Philosophy website, I found what I needed to explain how the Grandfather Paradox works. I literally had to read this about 10 other times to fully understand how this whole system of cause and effect works.
Basically, what this paradox states is that when you go back and time and take part in an action that contradicts you and your present, the universe, in all its splendor of space and time, will not allow it. Confused? Well I was too. Let's put it into an example.
Now, imagine you are a genius who finally created the first ever successful time machine and at the same time you hated your grandfather for no apparent reason. The next thing you know, you buy a gun, you get into your time machine, go back in time to whenever your grandfather was a young man, face the old-young man himself, and point the gun at him. Now, here is things start to get a little tricky. What happens when you pull the trigger? There are two ways that I can see this go down.
1. The gun fires and kills your grandfather instantaneously. You achieved what you were after. However, from killing your grandfather, you also indirectly killed your father, which also means you could not have been conceived and have been born to kill your grandfather back in time. So, if you haven't been born, then your grandfather will still be alive so that you could still be born to kill him again?
2. You pull the trigger, but something happens. Like I said earlier, with this kind of situation, the universe will not let a contradiction be set, so you can't kill your grandfather. Maybe you miss, maybe the gun malfunctions, maybe someone killed YOU in the midst of it all, but something will happen that will not let you kill your grandfather for a paradox to occur.
Does your head hurt yet? You see, this is what you call an Inconsistent Causal Loop which is basically a vicious cycle, all directed from a contradiction - a paradox - that just can't happen.
With this information, I'm having very serious thoughts on how I would go about time travel, if it was actually successful that is. But this tells us that we cannot mess with the reality of time or else something on a universal level will erupt, all because you decided to mess with the cause and effect of the universe.
Thank you for coming to join the discussion of time travel in TARDIS Talk! I hope I didn't make you cry in this blog, because I know how confusing and mind boggling it is, but bear with us for a little bit longer, because it's all going to get EVEN MORE CONFUSING.
So, for the last few weeks, we have been exploring the methods of time travel, but now, I will be reviewing with you vital information that I probably should have explained to you before I even started on how to time travel. We will want to - need to - know about the very mind boggling paradox of time travel: The Grandfather Paradox.
I went around, scoping about information to further explain what this famous paradox is. Upon finding the Time Travel Philosophy website, I found what I needed to explain how the Grandfather Paradox works. I literally had to read this about 10 other times to fully understand how this whole system of cause and effect works.
Basically, what this paradox states is that when you go back and time and take part in an action that contradicts you and your present, the universe, in all its splendor of space and time, will not allow it. Confused? Well I was too. Let's put it into an example.
Now, imagine you are a genius who finally created the first ever successful time machine and at the same time you hated your grandfather for no apparent reason. The next thing you know, you buy a gun, you get into your time machine, go back in time to whenever your grandfather was a young man, face the old-young man himself, and point the gun at him. Now, here is things start to get a little tricky. What happens when you pull the trigger? There are two ways that I can see this go down.
1. The gun fires and kills your grandfather instantaneously. You achieved what you were after. However, from killing your grandfather, you also indirectly killed your father, which also means you could not have been conceived and have been born to kill your grandfather back in time. So, if you haven't been born, then your grandfather will still be alive so that you could still be born to kill him again?
2. You pull the trigger, but something happens. Like I said earlier, with this kind of situation, the universe will not let a contradiction be set, so you can't kill your grandfather. Maybe you miss, maybe the gun malfunctions, maybe someone killed YOU in the midst of it all, but something will happen that will not let you kill your grandfather for a paradox to occur.
Does your head hurt yet? You see, this is what you call an Inconsistent Causal Loop which is basically a vicious cycle, all directed from a contradiction - a paradox - that just can't happen.
With this information, I'm having very serious thoughts on how I would go about time travel, if it was actually successful that is. But this tells us that we cannot mess with the reality of time or else something on a universal level will erupt, all because you decided to mess with the cause and effect of the universe.
Thank you for coming to join the discussion of time travel in TARDIS Talk! I hope I didn't make you cry in this blog, because I know how confusing and mind boggling it is, but bear with us for a little bit longer, because it's all going to get EVEN MORE CONFUSING.
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