Ok.. let's see if I understand this.. feel free to correct me if
I got part of this wrong. ;)
Person A learns there is a lottery/horse race/etc in several days..
that person videotapes themself 2 days before the event.. the day
after the event, Person A aqquires the winning lottery numbers/race
results/whatever, and sends that info to the time projector person.
That info is then sent back in time, to approximately the time at
which the videotape is made.. Person A then takes the numbers he is
sent and buys a lottery ticket/bets on a race/whatever, and wins some
money.
Now.. according to my theory, this would create an alternate timeline..
because in the original series of events, Person A did not win any
money.. Personally I find paradoxes hard to understand, which is
probably why the multiple timeline idea makes sense to me. I still
think this *could* work tho.. I think it's best explained by Q
in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale.. "you're doing it
now.. you did it before, and you'll do it again" (or something to that
effect..) The first time _a version of_ Person A does this, nothing will
happen.. because no one sent him information back in time.. however,
the information *he* sent, creates a new timeline for another version
of himself. That person would then send the information back in time
to *another* version of himself.. a repeating time loop.. once it
starts, you did win the lottery.. so you do win the lottery, so you
*will* win the lottery.. does that make any sense?
However, I think I'll wait for someone else to try this before I send
a videotape of myself to this guy. ;)
ttyl
-Steve
p.s. any comments on my ramblings above are appreciated..
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