Time Travel Pt 3 (Alec, Jack, Robert, Max)

After much debate and discussion on many theories and possibilities, our group has determined that the technology of time travel is completely unfeasible. Time travel is defined as “the hypothetical process of moving between past and future”; now depending how you interpret that definition, you may disagree with my earlier statement. As Robert previously posted, time travel at its most basic occurs every day. The clock transitioning from 12:00 to 12:01 could constitute as time travel. However, it’s the virtual definition that comes to mind when we think of time travel. While a one minute change may seem normal, the clock going from 12:00 to 12:02 is a completely different concept. That is just a small magnitude of how we perceive time travel.

Despite many theories and claims, time travel is not possible for one reason. Given the resources and technology we have in 2013, how come it has never happened? Better yet, if time travel is possible how come no one from the year 2034 has travelled back in time to 2013? Time travel is not possible because it goes against the law of physics.

Moving forward to a more factual standpoint, there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that proves time travel is not possible. First, the most well-known data against time travel is an equation. E=MC^2, Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared, an equation that Albert Einstein created to show that nothing can be faster than the speed of light. Physicists in Hong Kong proved that a single proton obeyed this theory, proving that time travel is completely unfeasible. The article goes on to state that “By showing that single photons cannot travel faster than the speed of light, our results bring a closure to the debate on the true speed of information carried by a single photon.” What this means is that these scientists tested the lowest common denominator. They tested the one thing that could of had a chance of actually being faster than the speed of light, since nothing is more pure than a proton. In order for time travel to occur, you must be able to move faster than the speed of light. Since nothing else on this earth can do that, time travel is not possible.

On the contrary, with the constantly changing field of physics and development of technology, who knows what could happen in the future. We most likely won’t be alive to see it, but if technology evolves enough, then time travel may just be a possibility. Although it may not necessarily lead to time travel, one possibility is solving the mystery of how certain particles “communicate with each other instantaneously with each other faster than the speed of light.” This could lead to a development in time travel.

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"Einstein's Theory of General Relativity." Space.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2013.