The End of Eternity
Here is a slightly more philosophical question. I know this is a primarily political community but please do bear with me if you like. What would happen if we could arbitrarily and without hindrances travel back and forth in time, to whichever "point" in time we wanted, and change past and future events in a way that would prevent the occurrence of
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I have not read the Asimov story, but I do appreciate his style.
If I had the ability to go back in time, I would do my best to try to change nothing. I realize that such an effort would be in vain.
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Oh spare me!
When you are climbing a steep slope and overcoming all sorts of obstacles, your muscles and lungs become stronger. Your body and spirit gets tougher. You get used to new challenges and nothing can scare you. Even if your feet are covered in bruises and cuts, and your toes are hurting from the constant tripping in sharp stones, you would eventually reach the summit - stronger and more confident than ever. And there, what awaits you is a stunning view: a whole new horizon opens in front of you, and beyond it - more and more new peaks that you crave to conquer. And so you embark on the next journey.
Just the kind of sentimentality I'd expect out of someone who's never experienced true hardship. Hint: it might make you a stronger person, but it's still fucking awful. Hunger, misery, desperation, loss, death - why would we inflict these on anyone if we didn't have to? It may look terribly romantic in nineteenth-century period dramas, but you'd be singing a different tune if you were the one living it.
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Yes I sprinkled some sentiment and maybe melancholy in this post - so what? Is there a problem, other than your dislike of the style?
Of course it's unrealistic. Did you not notice that we are talking about a science fiction hypothesis?
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