Stop sweating bullets

[handsomejack]

To all City University students taking Advanced Applied Universal Physics and the Theory of Travel in the Fourth Dimension.You may all stop sweating bullets or contemplating the best way to commit self immolation. You all passed your exams

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[starchilde_lost]

Holy cow. I passed?

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Harkness!

How close was it?

[handsomejack]

You did indeed!

I won't lie to you, extra credit was your friend but it was a very, very good friend. You gave a good showing, Rachel.

Am I going to see you next term?

[starchilde_lost]

I think so? I....may have other plans. But I'd like to stay, what are you teaching next term?

[ooc; curse-canon, she's traveled back in time...but can't remember why, just that it has something to do with the university. she takes classes to kill time until something jogs her memory.

[handsomejack]

An advanced study on various modes of time travel devices. The effects of having a 'machine' vs say a person specific device and how that would affect the various theories we discussed in this past semester's class.

I do hope to see you there, if you can make it.

[ooc: Gotcha! :)]

[starchilde_lost]

...do you ever discuss the theory of non-mechanized time travel? Affects on the human brain, memory....

[handsomejack]

Well, I've never taught it as a class but I have written a few of my own doctorate papers on the subject.

I mean when you get down into the nuts and bolts of traveling through time, what that must do to the human body let alone the psyche? It's a very tricky thing.

After all, think about it. Something happens to you in one time line but you go back and you affect change, so does that point from the original time line still exist and if it doesn't exist, how can you remember something that never happened?

[starchilde_lost]

But if you've removed yourself from time enough to move through it, you should retain your memories. You are, by definition, out sync with the current. Vibrating on a different level - as evidenced by those emissions you were talking about yesterday.

It's like you've been thrown into the water, but you don't want to drown. You go back, and this time instead of being thrown - you do the throwing. Yes, history has now changed - but you haven't - you're still you...aren't you?

[handsomejack]

A very good point!

But at what point do you cross enough of the currents that you can't help but affect them? In that case do you affect only one or does a sort of domino affect happen and it all comes crashing together?

Also, at what point does the human brain began to lose connection with it's own time point?

Think of deep undercover law enforcement work. At what point does the immersion into that different world begin to affect the original psyche and what role does the strength and clarity of the original psyche play in that question?

[starchilde_lost]

There's always a domino affect, sir, events don't and can't exist in a vacuum. It's why I the traveler in question can never go home again - because home is, technically, no longer home.

...there's always immersion, bleed over. Just like the reverse of that observer effect - what's it called - Hawthorne effect. You can't be in that situation and not be changed. But you never forget who you really are - shouldn't that awareness count for something?

[handsomejack]

It should count for a lot but to counter I'd offer, how many times can you tweak versions of timelines that cross over your own before one persona becomes as 'correct' as another?

Now we're sort of getting into the ethics of time traveling aren't we and that is a very tricky but fascinating subject!

[ooc: Sorry I'm late with this, I tend to be out on weekends working dogs. Do you want to continue or assume they had a lively debate about time travel? I'm good either way, it's a neat subject they're discussing! :D]

[starchilde_lost]

True, but then we're edging into nature versus nurture territory. Do we define who we are, or do our ever-changing surroundings?

[ooc: LOL - timetravel geeks unite! But unfortunately I'm a backtagging FOOL right now so let's just assume and they can run into each other later. :) Maybe have convo 2.0 and Rachel can tell Jack how time travel works in the Marvel U.]

[handsomejack]

Not just surroundings but times and experiences as well. Sooo many different factors to work into the equation.

[ooc: WooHoo time travel geeks! I totally understand, back tagging usually leaves me confused to no end so assume is good and hopefully a convo 2.0 where they can share some of the similarities and differences in time travel. :)]