What would you do if you had a time machine? When would you go, and where would you end up? I think that's kind of an important question, since we're all constantly in motion around the axis of the Earth, in orbit around the sun, around the center of the galaxy and so on. But for now, I guess we can assume that you won't automatically end up in deep space.
So, what would you do? Would you travel into the past if you thought you might be at risk of erasing yourself from of existence via time paradox? What if nothing you did on the trip could affect your 'home' timeline? How would that change your time travel plans? Would you go into the future if you knew it would be a one-way trip? What if the future was set and you couldn't actually change anything that would happen? What if you could only observe, but not interact with the people and events you encountered?
Would you try to change the past to engineer a better present? Would you go get nifty gadgets from the future or, for that matter, information on the stock market or major sporting events? Your time machine might need to look like a DeLorean in order to pull that last bit off.
If I had a time machine, I think I would go back to when I first started writing this blog post and write about something else instead. Sadly, that's something that can't be done. Happily, I'll have another chance tomorrow, so I won't stress about it too much. Instead, I will drink some coffee and run some errands. Since I don't have a time machine.
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