• Question: is time travel possible

    Asked by chaza433 to Angela, Claire, Ian, Robert, Sarah on 11 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by anon-55301, Lilymarie.
    • Photo: Ian Cade

      Ian Cade answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Yes!… you’re doing it right now (travelling forward in time at a rate of pretty close to 1 year per year).

      Ah, you want to speed up and slow down as well? That is also possible:

      To slow down: If you increase your velocity relative to some stationary observer, you will feel that less time passes for you.
      To speed up: If you are further from a large mass (such as the Earth) than another observer then you will feel more time passes for you.

    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Hi Chaza 433
      As Ian has said you are travelling in time now, but if you mean travel forward or backward 100 years at the touch of a button for example, then I am sorry, I don’t think that can happen. However, you might know better and in future develop a time machine that does just that…….who knows what is possible?

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