# Is time travel possible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573 "2008-09-08T04:11:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573/1 "2008-09-08T04:11:31Z")

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I remember reading a column about whether or not time travel is possible(I’m sure another doper can find the URL). I’m still a little confused. I have a long corridor in my basement that connects one part of my house to the other. It usually takes me about three minutes to walk from one part to the other, due in part to my multiple sclerosis. The thing is that whenever I get to the other side of it, I’m three minutes into the future. Do I have a time machine?

Link: [Is time travel possible?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1247/is-time-travel-possible)

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573/2 "2008-09-08T04:39:11Z")

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Whooshiosity notwithstanding, time travel - forward or backward - is defined as travel that is not at the rate of plus one second per second in the local reference frame.

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**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573/3 "2008-09-08T04:42:09Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Whooshiosity notwithstanding, time travel - forward or backward - is defined as travel that is not at the rate of plus one second per second in the local reference frame.

What rate is it defined as?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573/4 "2008-09-08T04:46:22Z")

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> [@copperwindow](#):
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> What rate is it defined as?

Most any _other_ time frame.

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**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-travel-possible/462573/5 "2008-09-08T04:49:44Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> Most any _other_ time frame.

Yes, I suppose this answers my question. TY.