Time Travel is Very Much Possible: An Extended Checklist
Did you know WikiHow actually has a page about going back in time? I have no shame to admit that I was searching Google about time travel, nor do I have any to actually be loser enough to create a page about a page.
But to my fellow losers who actually buy stuff like this, here's the page: WikiHow.com/Go-Back-in-Time
Interestingly, the page, which begins with theories from the great Einstein and his likes who suggest it's practically possible but not physically possible (yet) to cheat the clock, goes on to for once and for all list things such as reminiscing and calling back your old pals to go back in time in a way.
Going back in time. Strange enough, the page also convinces you in a way that it's relatively possible to go forward in time than back. Among the scientific things, the thing that struck me in a great way is this: According to Einstein, it's possible to age slower than you normally would whilst moving forward if you - or your equipment - are able to attain a speed closer to that of light. However, also according to Einstein, the fact that the more you accelerate a particle towards the speed of light the heavier it will get and therefore, making it equally harder to actually accelerate it. (E=MC2 Ring any bells?) Damn, I was this close to entering 2050!
While all this stuff about forward time travel being relatively more possible than in the opposite direction makes some sense - I must admit and you must too, I beg to differ in that mentally, it's the opposite. Using your head, you can use a tiny, often ignored and underrated too perhaps, part called memory to relive the best of something - a great day in childhood, the first time you made love, a break-up or the first meeting with someone, anything...
To reiterate some of the things listed on WikiHow:
1) You can go back in time by playing a song that used to talk to you at a specific point in your life.
For me, just for the record, it would be Nookie by Limp Bizkit to be a wreckless teenager again. Or Say Ok by Vanessa Hudgens to be in first real love again (and Bridge Burning by Foo Fighters to actually relive and enjoy a painful break-up with a roaring edge). Or Nod Your Head by Will Smith to go back way back in time.
What are your song-pegs? Or movies?
2) Play a favourite movie that really defined a specific era of your life.
I could simply play Nana Patekar-starrer Prahaar (Watch and remember) and be 7 again. Or just play Doordarshan's signature montage and be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and so on all at the same time.
And here's something WikiHow doesn't tell you (yet!):
3) Wear an old jersey or sniff on a piece of cloth from the time you were a baby. It might not smell like Cerelac or custard or butter anymore but perhaps even better.
4) Try to look for your old stationery if you're still at home, or when you get to make a visit back home. Pencils, sharpeners, a pair of compasses, part of a scale - anything.
Try to look for your schoolbag. Or one of your schoolbags.
Group photos, school dresses, notebooks are few other ideas.
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Interestingly enough, the WikiHow page also contains a disclaimer. I would love to be d**k enough to actually quote from the page: "If you do manage to travel back in time, be very careful not to create a paradox or change something that has unthinkable consequences..."
And here's my DISCLAIMER:
I love WikiHow. Needless to say, the page is simply rewarding and unbelievably gravitational. It doesn't only give you lots of food for thought but also comes with some of the cutest - and relevant - supporting illustrations. I enjoyed reading it a lot, and spamming about it.
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But to my fellow losers who actually buy stuff like this, here's the page: WikiHow.com/Go-Back-in-Time
Interestingly, the page, which begins with theories from the great Einstein and his likes who suggest it's practically possible but not physically possible (yet) to cheat the clock, goes on to for once and for all list things such as reminiscing and calling back your old pals to go back in time in a way.
Going back in time. Strange enough, the page also convinces you in a way that it's relatively possible to go forward in time than back. Among the scientific things, the thing that struck me in a great way is this: According to Einstein, it's possible to age slower than you normally would whilst moving forward if you - or your equipment - are able to attain a speed closer to that of light. However, also according to Einstein, the fact that the more you accelerate a particle towards the speed of light the heavier it will get and therefore, making it equally harder to actually accelerate it. (E=MC2 Ring any bells?) Damn, I was this close to entering 2050!
While all this stuff about forward time travel being relatively more possible than in the opposite direction makes some sense - I must admit and you must too, I beg to differ in that mentally, it's the opposite. Using your head, you can use a tiny, often ignored and underrated too perhaps, part called memory to relive the best of something - a great day in childhood, the first time you made love, a break-up or the first meeting with someone, anything...
To reiterate some of the things listed on WikiHow:
1) You can go back in time by playing a song that used to talk to you at a specific point in your life.
For me, just for the record, it would be Nookie by Limp Bizkit to be a wreckless teenager again. Or Say Ok by Vanessa Hudgens to be in first real love again (and Bridge Burning by Foo Fighters to actually relive and enjoy a painful break-up with a roaring edge). Or Nod Your Head by Will Smith to go back way back in time.
What are your song-pegs? Or movies?
2) Play a favourite movie that really defined a specific era of your life.
I could simply play Nana Patekar-starrer Prahaar (Watch and remember) and be 7 again. Or just play Doordarshan's signature montage and be 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and so on all at the same time.
And here's something WikiHow doesn't tell you (yet!):
3) Wear an old jersey or sniff on a piece of cloth from the time you were a baby. It might not smell like Cerelac or custard or butter anymore but perhaps even better.
4) Try to look for your old stationery if you're still at home, or when you get to make a visit back home. Pencils, sharpeners, a pair of compasses, part of a scale - anything.
Try to look for your schoolbag. Or one of your schoolbags.
Group photos, school dresses, notebooks are few other ideas.
---
Interestingly enough, the WikiHow page also contains a disclaimer. I would love to be d**k enough to actually quote from the page: "If you do manage to travel back in time, be very careful not to create a paradox or change something that has unthinkable consequences..."
And here's my DISCLAIMER:
I love WikiHow. Needless to say, the page is simply rewarding and unbelievably gravitational. It doesn't only give you lots of food for thought but also comes with some of the cutest - and relevant - supporting illustrations. I enjoyed reading it a lot, and spamming about it.
