http://www.metafilter.com/tags/timetravel+paradox Posts tagged with 'timetravel' and 'paradox' at MetaFilter. Sun, 24 May 2009 16:45:27 -0800 Sun, 24 May 2009 16:45:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81911/Come%2Dwith%2Dthis%2Dplate%2Dof%2Dbeans%2Dif%2Dyou%2Dwant%2Dto%2Dlive <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/14/i-will-always-have-been-back-toward-a-grand-unified-theory-of-schwarzenegger/">I will always have been back.</a> The precise nature of time travel in the Terminator universe has been the subject of <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2007/10/the_trouble_with_terminator_2.php">griping from philosophy-trained bloggers</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/may/23/terminator-philosophy-irwin-brown-decker">whole anthologies by academic philosophers</a>. Despite valiant attempts, including <a href="http://www.mjyoung.net/time/terminat.html">this thorough assessment</a> from M. Joseph Young's exhaustive <a href="http://www.mjyoung.net/time/index.htm">Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies </a>, there has never been a truly satisfying unraveling of the twisted Terminator continuity. <a href="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/05/14/i-will-always-have-been-back-toward-a-grand-unified-theory-of-schwarzenegger/">The knot has now been cut.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81911 Sun, 24 May 2009 16:45:27 -0800 arnoldschwarzenegger nerdery paradox schwarzenegger terminator timetravel escabeche http://www.metafilter.com/81658/Rules%2Dfor%2DTime%2DTravelers <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/05/14/rules-for-time-travelers/">Rules for Time Travelers</a> [Spoiler? alert.] tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81658 Thu, 14 May 2009 10:07:57 -0800 paradox science sciencefiction scifi sf time timetravel BitterOldPunk http://www.metafilter.com/79892/Time%2Dparadoxes%2Dand%2Dalternate%2Duniverses These subjects still fascinate me after a lifetime of interest: <a href="http://mindbluff.com/time.htm">faster-than-light speed</a>, <a href="http://www.mjyoung.net/time/index.htm">alternate time streams</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/paralleluni.shtml">parallel universes</a>, <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news63371210.html time travel">time travel</a>, antiparticles moving backward in time, time loops, and the recurring themes of paradox -- all serious but astonishing ideas of science. Something about them inspires infinite possibilities. Am I not alone? tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.79892 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:19:21 -0800 einstein fasterthanlight paradox paralleluniverses relativity time timetravel ember http://www.metafilter.com/63159/shoots%2Dgrandfather%2Dhits%2Dself%2Dinstead <a href="http://www.chronon.org/applets/bouncer.html">Time Travel,</a> or, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_timelike_curve">art</a> of causing events after they've already <a href="http://www.theculture.org/rich/sharpblue/archives/000089.html">happened</a>. <small>[requires java, more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63159 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:39:56 -0800 causality cool java paradox time timetravel wormhole Avenger