A long, long time ago (147 years to be exact) the man who would later be dubbed “The Father of Science Fiction” was born. It was September 21, 1866 when Herbert George Wells was brought into the world. Some of his best works are The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1898). “Ever since H.G Well’s trailblazing novel “The Time Machine’ has been a staple of science fiction” (CNN, Paul Davies) H.G Wells introduced to us the idea that time travel is possible. “There are really four dimensions, three of which are space and the fourth is space” – The time traveler. In an article written on space.com states “We can travel at different rates into the future, to go into the past and mess around with it is more controversial” – Seth Lloyd, a professor of quantum engineering. The three dimensions we experience (height, width, and depth) actively, meaning we can navigate them which obviously leaves out the fourth which is both untouchable and unable to be seen by the human eye. These four dimensions that were previously stated are three fourths space and one fourth is time, so the question on many peoples mind is why can’t we tamper with time? It’s not that simple. In many popular films and TV shows were shown not to temper with “the space time continuum”. So basically the space time continuum is a line representing the four dimensions. The reason the references is out in pop culture is showing the people the consequences of tampering with this line. The good thing about there being these consequences are that according to one of the most well know physicist Stephen Hawking. “From a pure physicist’s point of view, travel into the future is not at all impossible, back word time travel stacks up a much tougher proper proposition. Haw...
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Black holes are thought to be a portal to another dimension or a way for time to slip. Mainly all these theories follow the laws of physics and do not cross any illogical possibilities. For a way in which we can achieve any of these would be through many more years of research. If even physically possible for any of these hypotheses to coexist with one another. Learning that there’s a possible way for black holes to allow time to lapse or elapse. The study has been a challenge, finding ways in which these ideas could work. Theories about space time are not always true, but they allow us to have an improved understanding towards the, what ifs.
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