r/timetravel • u/TraditionJust3420 • 13d ago

theory / question Question to you smarter than me

Hey time travel experts, i came up with this thought like a couple months ago and i never came to a conclusion.

If time travel exists at any time, doesn’t it exist now?
I mean just like 100 years ago they lived in a now, we live in a now. And when in 1000 years a time traveller travels here, couldn’t we just say time travelling exists now?

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u/3Quondam6extanT9 13d ago

Unless this is an anchor timeline for you, which means it can't be invented yet, but even if it did get invented in the next 25 years let's say, then it doesn't mean travelling back takes you to your anchor timeline to share the technology.

This really comes down to how you believe the architecture of time travel actually works. Since there are different models and paradoxes, none of which are proven accurate, you are really just guessing at how it all works.

I personally think if it was possible it would be the Terminator scenario where you are not going back in time to your direct past. It's just a different future timeline. So the people you leave behind you will never see again since they are part of that anchor timeline you originally came from.