REDACTED@infosec.pub to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoNope, not visiting thatinfosec.pubimagemessage-square162linkfedilinkarrow-up1695arrow-down124file-text
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minus-squareDaddleDew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·1 month agoThere is also the idea that time machines work like telephones. You need to have a receiving end made first before you can call it.
minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 month agoHalf this comment thread legitimately knows how they work The other half is speculation The truth is in the middle, Lemmy people are pretty well versed in science fiction and science :>
minus-squareNihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 month agoUsing “Knows how they work” while talking about goddamn time machines cracks me up every time. It’s like you’re confidently arguing that the inside of a black hole is another universe where time runs backwards and dogs meow ;) (For tonal clarity I’m not taking the piss, it’s just funny when folk get really into a scifi topic and get all fanfiction about it)
minus-squareranzispa@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoSo what? Everyone who understands how things work knowns that dogs meow when placed inside black holes.
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI think the joke is that some comments are from time travelers
minus-squareNihilsineNefas@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDoesn’t that contravene the prime directive? ;)
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoLike that short story with the lead marble?
There is also the idea that time machines work like telephones. You need to have a receiving end made first before you can call it.
Half this comment thread legitimately knows how they work
The other half is speculation
The truth is in the middle, Lemmy people are pretty well versed in science fiction and science :>
Using “Knows how they work” while talking about goddamn time machines cracks me up every time.
It’s like you’re confidently arguing that the inside of a black hole is another universe where time runs backwards and dogs meow ;)
(For tonal clarity I’m not taking the piss, it’s just funny when folk get really into a scifi topic and get all fanfiction about it)
So what? Everyone who understands how things work knowns that dogs meow when placed inside black holes.
I think the joke is that some comments are from time travelers
Doesn’t that contravene the prime directive? ;)
AKA closed timelike curve
Like that short story with the lead marble?
Or that Austin Powers movie