• Question: Are time loops posible

    Asked by doggirl to Zoe, Daniel, Jon, Louise, Sharon on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Jon Copley

      Jon Copley answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Time loops should be possible if time travel is possible – and I think time travel could be possible, in theory. So, yes.

      There’s an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” called “Cause and Effect” that I really like, where they’re stuck in a time loop, at the end of which their ship keeps getting destroyed and that sends them back in time again (with no memory of what happened), until they eventually figure out what’s going on (because they get that feeling of “deja vu”) and are able to change it. It’s a bit like “Groundhog Day” in space, I suppose!

    • Photo: Sharon Sneddon

      Sharon Sneddon answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      oooh, no idea, I’d like to think so!

    • Photo: Louise Dash

      Louise Dash answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      In theory, I think so – there’s something in the theory of general relativity called a “closed timelike loop” which would do this. I don’t properly understand it though, and certainly no-one has ever seen one. They’re a fun device in science fiction though!

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