# Question about time travel **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 2, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925 "2023-06-02T17:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [June 4, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/61 "2023-06-04T17:41:29Z")
You could superimpose a fifth dimension onto that. I was questioning whether Stapledon explicitly meant anything more than a philosophical perch from which to view the flow of everyday life. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/62 "2023-06-04T17:42:35Z")
Maybe he’s going to an Athletics game. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/63 "2023-06-04T18:01:45Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > You could superimpose a fifth dimension onto that. I was questioning whether Stapledon explicitly meant anything more than a philosophical perch from which to view the flow of everyday life. Well, I assume that a cosmos with a two-dimensional flow of time would allow an observer to translate from one specific chain of events to another, as easily as we walk from London to Greenwich, for example. That means that events as seen by the observer could have several different past histories, and might affect events in other timelines nearby. I seem to recall that Stapledon didn’t try to imagine a cosmos with closed timelike loops, apart from the ones which he described as cyclical. So cosmoi which have multiple temporally-displaced instances of the same person (as per the OP) are not specifically described in his imagined universe. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/64 "2023-06-04T18:12:40Z")
Understood. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/65 "2023-06-04T18:21:00Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Weirdly, every time I see this topic brought up, the person implies or outright states that people hardly ever talk about it It’s been awhile, but I believe that in the Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon series it was necessary to adjust for space-shifting. I may have to read them again. > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Where the Fresh Hell is he getting all these ballgame tickets? The same place he’s getting the seats - he’s mugging single guys with tickets. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/66 "2023-06-04T18:22:36Z")
Yes, in _Callahan’s Con_ that happens. I couldn’t find the exact quote last night, so I didn’t include that one. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/67 "2023-06-04T18:56:05Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > seems like a fifth dimension to me. It is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/68 "2023-06-04T18:58:13Z")
never mind 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 4, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/69 "2023-06-04T19:01:18Z")
Hair today. Gone tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/70 "2023-06-04T19:20:30Z")
I > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Where the Fresh Hell is he getting all these ballgame tickets? In Golden Age SF, the time traveller would just hang on to the same ticket and use it over and over. You could conserve it by keeping it in a low-oxygen environment, like the stacks at the British Library. But nowadays, with electronic tickets, only the first one to arrive would get in - all the rest would be rejected as clones. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/71 "2023-06-04T19:41:02Z")
Glibby globby glueby nibby nobby newby ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/72 "2023-06-05T20:09:37Z")
I searched for “zombies” and am hoping that was a reference to [All You Zombies - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_You_Zombies) ! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/73 "2023-06-08T23:03:19Z")
I already answered most of these questions next Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/74 "2023-06-08T23:22:57Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I already answered most of these questions next Tuesday. - You will didn’t not. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/75 "2023-06-09T00:14:22Z")
Will to! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/76 "2023-06-09T11:20:03Z")
Didn’t! ---
**Author:** ![bryanmaguire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/77 "2023-06-09T12:57:13Z")
Lets go to Golgotha by Garry Kilworth has a similar idea about tourists going to the crucifixion but with a twist. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925/78 "2023-06-09T14:17:33Z")
> [@anny\_m](#): > > Might the 2040 John at the stadium also go back in 2045, making there be two 2045 Johns there? He could do it every day and fill the stadium with Johns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-time-travel/984925.md?page=3)