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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

also because it is genuinely impossible to move faster than light as matter, let alone survive it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's why you make the space move around you instead.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

That's not related to time travel though, but that's a link to an actual irl concept of a warp engine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

that's so cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

All those random scraps of metal you find lying are just the end result of someone trying to travel back in time and the time machine not surviving