Um, I apologise if Im stepping on anyones toes, but Ive been trying to sort things through, trying to give Chris any help or ideas he wants, or likes to make use of. I try to use a peculiar variance on all the ideas posted.
One, the Universe is finite and unbounded (closed) along all 5 complex axis (ie, all 10 orthogonal axis), giving rise to a shape not unlike a donut, but with a single constriction, which we call the Big Bang. This means that all points are related, as all points are simultaneously their own past, present and future. Therefore, the integral of time is zero.
Two, since all points now exist simultaneously, the only way to move from point to point, is if they are connected. This gives rise to many pasts, many futures, but only one present, which is valid for only that precise point, all other points have their own presents. The present for an object is the summation of all possible presents for the points making up that object.
Three, since all points are connected, but not to all other points by a single step, the only valid variations are those that lead to similar energy paths and actions. Ie, Tabitha can go back, and keep Sabrina alive, but she will have to then alter the past another way, to make sure either she, or another, went back to save Sabrina, from any point in the future. To give the maximum variation in effect. 8} This, as has been pointed out, can give rise to an awful variation in certain places. It coud be considered that time is like any other form of energy, and so it is posible to have virtual time, small loops of closed time, where communication is possible in and out, as long as the total energy remains constant, or other alterations are not attempted. It may be, that pumping up a time loop, could cause it to grow to the point where it could connect with the local universe, releasing a large amount of energy at some times and places, removing it from others.
Tabitha is creating such a closed temporal loop, with accesses (reason why power is required, to penetrate the boundary), so that she can save Sabrina. Within itself, such an object must be self referential, if only because the interactions would ajust until it was stable, within itself.
Um.. I apologise for going on like this. 8(.. I hope someone has any ide what Im talking about. 8}
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I'm got my own theories. Going back and changing the past would cause a quantum split in the timeline. A new parallel timeline would branch off from the old one and continue off into the future.
Tabitha unfortuantly when and if she tried to return to her original starting point would find her present unchanged. Her quantum frequency is tied to HER timeline not the new parallel one. She wouldn't have changed the future from her perspective if she returned to her future starting point, but if she STAYED in the timeline where she changed the past, she would have.
So IF this were true, going back in time and killing your grandfather WOULD stop you from being born, but ONLY in the NEW parallel timeline you would create with this act. If you returned to the future your grandfather would not have been killed by you. Because you inhabit (in the future) the OLD timeline, not the new one.
You can get serious headaches thinking about this.
I'm of the belief that new parallel diminsions in time are created Everyday ANYONE makes a decision that can alter the future. If thats true, the number of seperate parallel earths would be infinate. Every get a feeling of Deja Voo? (sorry I don't think I spelled that right) At that moment something in the timeline changed. At least thats my theory. Also was mentioned in Dela the Hooda strip.
Sabrina, Zig Zag and all the gang COULD exist somewhere out there...*SIGH* we can only HOPE.
This old Mouse can only hope ;)
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Have any of your read Michael Criton new one about the Archeological team that goes back in time?
if you have good if you haven't well simplely it states one person can't change the past witch if Chris has read it leads me to think that Sabrina will still die no matter what Tabitha will not marry and but Sab an Chris will still have one kid nothing changes it stays the same and there will be no paradoxes
on they other hand the book did have one character stay behind and be come part of the past so maybe
some small changes are aloud as long as it doesn't mess with fates plan
With Chapter 40 on it's way, attention should turn to what will happen after it.
Tabitha's interference is becoming more noticeable now. With the events of the last few chapters, the story's tone also has noticeably darkened with regards to Sabrina.
How will Tabitha's interference affect what's happening? Will future-Tabitha make an appearance in the near future? Will Sabrina find out (and believe it) that her future's being manipulated, ostensibly 'for her own good'? How will she react?
How will the two stories Yost is writing come together?
Does anyone here have any theories on what the future may hold?
Time travel. What a can of worms...
What if Future-Tabitha discovers she is somehow responsible for Sabrina's death in trying to prevent it?
Can the past even be changed?
Or, will what has been, still be, despite anyone's attempted intervention?
If the past can be changed, what effects may this have on F-Tab's own time?
What if, in this alterna-future Tabitha never had the drive & determination to complete the T-Travel project without the incentive of bringing Sabrina back from the dead?
Hmmm.. think I've ranted on enough now... :-)
To sum up: I think both of Chris Yost's stories are very good, I cant wait to read the conclusion(s), nor how the whole Time-Travel scenario messes up, or un-messes, things!
hmmm.. I'm still ranting.
I'd Better stop.
:-)
What if Future-Tabitha discovers she is somehow responsible for Sabrina's death in trying to prevent it?
I've got my own theories on this... maybe more, but I doubt Yost'd appreciate it, so I probably won't.
What if, in this alterna-future Tabitha never had the drive & determination to complete the T-Travel project without the incentive of bringing Sabrina back from the dead?
That's a paradox. The question is: Will Tabitha spot this danger in time?
Ho Ho time travel eh. Well this has to be very careful handled. I.E The Guardian of Forever ST TOS.
Events such as the one describe in the story can cause a few problem as the timeline shifts track future Tabitha would not exist creating a time paradox. See Back To the Future. Also it could lead to a time shock wave creating multipul realities along the up stream echo.
To Mad Mike's question yes the past can be changed but it would have to be in a localized time area. However the shockwave of such a event could destroy anything in the up stream echo.
Regarding time travel, or at least the temporal transmission of vital information, see James P. Hogan's "Thrice Upon a Time", a November re-release from Baen books, for one interesting "take" on the subject. One wonders if the nature of the time stream is such as to dampen ripples or to amplify them? This could make a huge difference in the down-time results of Tabitha's meddling.
A Quantum Physisist (Cant remeber his name ATM) has writen a book called "The End of Time"
in which one of the things he suggests is that time doesent exist; we just think it does.
Its some freaky stuff... But very cool...
To answer Cateagle's question yes. If you throw a pebble into a cannal the ripples will bounce off the side. Merging with the ripples as the bounce off the bank. In theory a event as you say would create up stream and down stream echo's the most damge would be to anything up stream of the event. Therefore Tab would not exist in the form of a scientist. The Echo of the event (Tractor Trailer) would cause a temprol event thus causing the timeline to shift in the up stream echo of the event.
Actually, not to nit-pick, but it's a pet peeve of mine....
The future is DOWN stream, the past is UP stream. Time, like water, flows DOWN stream. Thus going to the past is going upstream and changes you make effect things down stream.
Nothing personal.... I just had to point that out.
Hikaru