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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby Brad on Sat Sep 27, 2008 2:27 pm

I certainly woudn't. Unpredictable events may occur.

And on a side note, time travel = impossible. Just sayin'.
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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby blackfire825 on Sat Sep 27, 2008 9:04 pm

I know it's impossible to time travel, but what if you could.Oh I thought it was the Aztecs, but it might be the Mayans.I know it's one of the two.Things might happen, but I would make a device that lets you time travel but not interfere with history, just watch it.You would not also be seen by them.
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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby Crazyvanman on Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:33 am

And by the way, they have actually discovered a way to time travel. They've come up with the theory, they just haven't put it into practice yet. Obviously it would start off just sending particles back in time, but eventually it could end up sending humans.
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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby iamsheena on Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:25 pm

That'd be crazy neat.
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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby Moniker on Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:50 pm

On the topic of going back and changing history, I think you lot might find this amusing: http://www.abyssandapex.com/200710-wikihistory.html
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Re: If you could change history... ( )

Postby HowlingAtTheMoon on Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:20 pm

I think that we have more power than most people realize. However, when the idea of 'changing history' is brought up, people are quick to think about mysteriously going back to some time in the past and affecting the situation to change the results that we see in the present. The problem (as several people have inferred) is that there are immense factors that contribute to any specific event. So imagining traveling to another time, and as one single person 'changing history' seems out of reach.

I think we do really have an immense power to ‘change history’, but perhaps not as most people might think through the use of some magical external machine. Our real tangible power derives from the ability each one of us has to change the present through our actions. It is in the power of our actions today that history is changed. Consider what we mean by the concept of 'history'.

History is not merely a collection of facts. Facts make sense only within the milieu within which they are understood. Without a milieu… without a context, facts are meaningless. So to ‘change history’ one must act to change the current environment so that it reflects a new meaning of past events.

Marilyn can talk to the younger generation, through our expressions of and about her. Heath and all that he was has (and continues to) influence those around and they in turn will express Heath through their works and the things they do. Hitler performed atrocious actions and we though we can't change the facts of those actions, through our awareness and our activities we can change the world to be a better place where other 'Hitlers' never gain such power (or perhaps some day don't even exist). We have the power to make the tortures and deaths (though we can't change the circumstances of the individuals involved), become a point of awareness and a catalyst for better times.

That is our power as awareness-seeking beings. That is our responsibility within the flux of past, present and future. In the present, we act through what the past has presented to us... to change the future. Every action that we take affects what will come to be. And what will come to be will be the milieu within which people will look back at past events. That is how we ‘change history’. If you are interested you might look to http://www.Changing-History.com for further discussion.
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