Or, you could see what was recently invented and invent it yourself and make the big bucks!

On a serious note if I could change the past of say...a parallel world and I had 100% knowledge that I'd be guaranteed to survive and not create a paradox...say that I created a new universe on time travel and could live in that one alongside the consequences of my actions...

I would actually go back in time not to invent a technology and make money, but the thing I'd most want to do is advance human technology by a few hundred years. I'd want to take our knowledge of science back in history so that the development of humanity could be sped along.

Of course since I came from a time where time travel was a thing, I'm not sure how much more they could create but it'd be fascinating to me to see how different the era I came from would be if they got a headstart. I've always been interested in that as a thought experiment. Because scientific growth is exponential and once you get to the computer age it accelerates even faster.

Paulus @ 23/4/2013 2:46

On a serious note if I could change the past of say...a parallel world and I had 100% knowledge that I'd be guaranteed to survive and not create a paradox...say that I created a new universe on time travel and could live in that one alongside the consequences of my actions... I would actually go back in time not to invent a technology and make money, but the thing I'd most want to do is advance human technology by a few hundred years. I'd want to take our knowledge of science back in history so that the development of humanity could be sped along. Of course since I came from a time where time travel was a thing, I'm not sure how much more they could create but it'd be fascinating to me to see how different the era I came from would be if they got a headstart. I've always been interested in that as a thought experiment. Because scientific growth is exponential and once you get to the computer age it accelerates even faster.

Would you introduce Ndim to the people of the past?

Paulus @ 22/4/2013 23:49

Past because it wouldn't fuck up the timeline as badly. If I went to the future there would be no me in the intermittent years to create descendants. Back to the Future screwed the pooch on that one big time.

True.
That bit always irked me.
Maybe do it after you have kids. (:

This also kinda relies on the fact that we would have to have kids

Ari @ 23/4/2013 17:47

This also kinda relies on the fact that we would have to have kids

It also kinda relies on the fact that you have to invent time travel and move 200 years through time, Ari

Curtis @ 23/4/2013 23:54

Ari @ 23/4/2013 17:47 This also kinda relies on the fact that we would have to have kids It also kinda relies on the fact that you have to invent time travel and move 200 years through time, Ari

No worries, ive already done that

I'd google the shit out of historical events (so I knows all about the "game") and then travel to each tme period and kill the inventors of many things.

Future

Well if I did go back in time I'd remember this shirt.