tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post1920053601844680547..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Can God make time travel possible?Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-22252547006611192722015-12-23T01:11:37.923-05:002015-12-23T01:11:37.923-05:00In context (4th paragraph), I was referring to sce...In context (4th paragraph), I was referring to scenarios in which the time traveler changes the past to produce a different future. That's the impossible scenario. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-38110248257824506252015-12-23T01:09:16.064-05:002015-12-23T01:09:16.064-05:00My scenario doesn't involve actually turning b...My scenario doesn't involve actually turning back the clock. That was the point. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-7345093057330580532015-12-23T00:57:20.835-05:002015-12-23T00:57:20.835-05:00Yes, God could theoretically do that, I suppose. T...Yes, God could theoretically do that, I suppose. There would be interesting consequences. Young people would cease to exist if the "clock" was wound back before their birthday. Then, assuming events played out exactly as before,* new children would be born, but would they be the same people, or different people?<br /><br />*I think you would assume events would play out exactly the same. If all events were preordained the first time, they would probably be preordained exactly the same way the second time, but correct me if I am wrong. I on the other hand would assume events would not play out the same, because free will.Jeff Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17768185709286407477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-71353577983009451062015-12-22T22:17:24.186-05:002015-12-22T22:17:24.186-05:00I can't think of any argument that time travel...I can't think of any argument that time travel is impossible that doesn't assume an A-theory of time. I didn't think you were an A-theorist, though. So I'm surprised you think that.<br /><br />(It shouldn't involve closed causal loops or anything like that, because those are impossible, so they would be impossible with time travel too, but they can't make time travel without them impossible. And there's no reason time travel would have to have them. Lots of coherent time travel stories don't have unexplained causal loops.)Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com