Time Machine into the past

Go to 1914-1918 to see how my Great Grandfather coped with being at Ypres. How did they cope with horrors we can barely comprehend?

Also I visited Berlin a few months ago. I found a road that had something like 30 railway bridges spanning it. Incredible. I would have loved to have witnessed the 3rd Reich's military machine at its peak.

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Ancient China. And the time Homo Sapiens left Africa.

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Damn, DeepDiver's got the plan. If we can only send one guy back, my vote is for him.

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I'd go back to Caesar's trip to Alexander to hunt down Pompey. He gets off the boat and the Egyptians presents him with with a basket with Pompey's head inside. Then the exiled 18 year old cleopatra sneaks into Caesars quarters (wrapped in a rug) and the 50 year old Caesar bangs her and knocks her up.

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I'd go back and stop the 19th amendment.

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(09-25-2015 11:11 AM)PolymathGuru Wrote:  I've been thinking about this for awhile. If you had a time machine to go into the past, where would you go?

There are a few rules:
1)You cannot change history
2)You cannot have sex or game women
3)You aren't allowed to try to make yourself wealthier.
4)You need to observe historically known people, things and people.
5)It has to be in a time before you were born.

Basically, you are only allowed to learn and study.

Here is where I would like to go

1) Ancient Greece-I would want to take a Video recorder and watch Socrates do what he does best, lay down the socratic method on his fellow Athenians.

I would interview Socrates' disciples.

I would want to record Leonidas meeting the oracle of Delphi.

2)I would record the Egyptian Pyramids being built

3)I would take photographs of Persepolis in its prime.

4) Take photographs of Xanadu before its destruction.

5) I would interview and record the founding fathers creating the US constitution.

If you want to go back in time, sometimes you don't need a time machine. If you are in Medellin take a metro cable to city slums, voila you have travelled 10-15 years back

Same way one can see amazon tribes to feel how it was to be a human 5-6 thousands years ago.

Sorry to ruin your mind experiment.

I would really like to see pyramids when they had gold covered tops.

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Id like to see the big bang, dinosaurs walk the earth, the meteor hit that wiped them out.

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I'd love to see Teddy Roosevelt's presidency, my parents when they were in their 20's, the death of Jesus, Martin Luther putting his Theses on the door and the roaring 20's.

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(09-25-2015 08:26 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  The only actual event I would need to attend is the Zeppelin Madison Square Garden concerts in 1973.

I'd have to go to 1969 if it's before I'm born. Probably watch them at the Fillmore West or maybe in 1968 when they first arrived. Would love to see Hendrix and Cream as well.

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(05-24-2017 01:36 PM)questor70 Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 08:26 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:  The only actual event I would need to attend is the Zeppelin Madison Square Garden concerts in 1973.

I'd have to go to 1969 if it's before I'm born. Probably watch them at the Fillmore West or maybe in 1968 when they first arrived. Would love to see Hendrix and Cream as well.

Interesting audio of George Harrison first hearing about this new band called Led Zeppelin with a bunch of young guys in it.

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1. Göbekli Tepe - I want to see how large this was, who built it and how they built it. Scientists still have no idea. Then I'd report back to Joe Rogan, Randall Carlson, and Graham Hancock.

2. Jesus - I'd take some Adderall with me and stay awake for 3 days to verify the death and resurrection. Was there actually an angel that rolled the stone away, or was that just imagination run wild. I figure in 72 hours my faith would be gone.

3. Family - I'd love to see my grandparents in their younger years. They're old enough to be from a very different time, but young enough for me to have known them intimately.

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Battle of Athelney

Battle of Stamford Bridge

Go raiding with Vikings

Hang out with Native American tribes pre-Columbus

Observe Chandragupta Maurya conquer India

Skip through colonization and expansion of the USA and Manifest Destiny, always staying at the furthest frontier possible

Ride a motherfucking dinosaur

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- Late 80's/early 90's: just to figure out what led to my parents divorce
- mid/late 90's to give myself some pointers. Not directly though, drop a book in the mail.
- early 80's to see Queen and Van Halen in their prime. Might sneak in a HD cam with me.
- London in '67 and '78.

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^80s was awesome time for everything.

Guys talking about ancient times are joking themselves.

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Back to 1776, the English court of George III, just to see the look on their faces when they first receive word of, or a copy of, the Declaration of Independence.

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- 10 000 BC, just to see if its true or not
- Birth of Jesus
- Battle of Sekigahara
- Battle of Beersheba
- Battle of Neretva

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Renaissance Florence
Baroque Rome
Coltrane playing jazz in the village

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All fun and games till you realize there is no 3 ply toilet paper back in the day.

I'd go see who shot JFK

I'd just be going back for the gigs though.Late 60s and the 70s
Go see Elvis 68 special and his Vegas shows .The Rolling Stones ,Doors,Beatles, Hendrix ,Creedance, Motown and Springsteen shows.

Fuck I'd run a time machine concert ticket service.

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I would watch the 1961 and 1962 UCL finals live <3

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