You have a
time machine,
but it can
only be used twice
and you have to
end up back
where you started.
Do you go
to the future
or to the past?
If time travel were actually possible and you only had one shot to go in either of the two possible directions, which would you pick–a chance to visit and experience the past or the opportunity to discover and learn about the future?
First person to point out the potentially dangerous consequences of such a trip gets an Internet wedgie.
My stock answer to a time-travel question is that I would do a Full Reverse McFly: that is, somehow prevent my toxic parents from ever meeting. #DarkestAnswerEver
Future. Buy a copy of a sports almanac. Then come back and become mega rich by betting on sporting events. Didn’t anyone see the second Back to the Future flick? (And if you didn’t, well…like most sequels, it kind of sucked.)
Thinking…can’t decide. What I DO know is either way…I’d forget my damn wallet.
@Andy Singer, Hah! This is post is getting quite the conversation on Facebook. Here are some comments from over there. Brian Patrick O’Gorman Future. Going into the past to correct mistakes would result in a present self with no life experience. Future travel would result in a present self with knowledge AND experience. ShaMecha Simms Past! The future is not concrete. It’s just a projection of a possible course based on the present. Mark Good What if something went wrong and you died in the process? Darryl Petteway Past. So I could tell myself to live home a little longer… Read more »