Post by blue tigers on May 12, 2007 19:52:35 GMT -5
padreromero said:
However this means he's no different than us, We too are adrift in an ocean of probability and chance, it's just somewhat smaller (still imperceptably enormous). If WE can set down a course of action and follow through with it (dispite the chaotic nature of reality) so can he. It may be harder to do on a literally exponential scale, but that doesn't mean it can't be done...and if there is the merest sliver of a possibilty, the time traveller possesses the means to figure out how.Our ability fo follow a course of action is drastically limited. We don't usually realize it because we filter-out wild goals as impractical at a very early stage. That, and winner selective syndrome. We are here because we won. But lots and lots of our siblings are not here because they lost. That's how probability-based systems work. The time traveller may win, but the odds are waaaay against him. Heck, having him win the immensely larger game of 'twiddle with the universe' seems just as probable as having spontaneous materialization of said notes
