# Does The Past Still Exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 23, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-past-still-exist/968408 "2022-07-23T04:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Kedikat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-past-still-exist/968408/2 "2022-07-23T04:35:07Z")
This thread is about such. I post my usual opinion in it. > [@Time Travel, Space and Relativity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-space-and-relativity/968066): > > Simple question. If you are on earth, say, and you go back in time, where do you end up? Are you still on earth? Because think about it. Earth is nowhere near where it was in in space, even a couple of moments ago. And you can also see, I trust, why this then contradicts Einstein’s theory of relativity. Einstein said everything is relative. Space, time, velocity. If there is in fact absolute space, in this example, doesn’t that contradict Einstein then? Thank you for your kindly and civil repl… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-past-still-exist/968408)._