First, get into a time machine and cyrogenically freeze yourself and go into the past.
Set the freezer to wake you up five minutes before you get into the freezer, so
you can wish yourself good luck.
You would know if it worked or not by whether or not you showed up to greet yourself. If you don't show up, you probably shouldn't go, but perhaps this is the reason you don't show up, because you decided not to go because you didn't show up.
So would you go if you didn't show up to greet yourself?
QUOTE (Oderfla+Feb 12 2008, 09:07 PM)
First, get into a time machine and cyrogenically freeze yourself and go into the past.
Set the freezer to wake you up five minutes before you get into the freezer, so
you can wish yourself good luck.
You would know if it worked or not by whether or not you showed up to greet yourself. If you don't show up, you probably shouldn't go, but perhaps this is the reason you don't show up, because you decided not to go because you didn't show up.
So would you go if you didn't show up to greet yourself?
If the "many worlds" interpretation is correct, you should go even if you don't "come back". Your future self would "branch off" a parallel universe, which you would not experience. If you do "come back", still go ahead. Of course, this depends on what state you come back in...
- Gehn
Set the freezer to wake you up five minutes before you get into the freezer, so
you can wish yourself good luck.
You would know if it worked or not by whether or not you showed up to greet yourself. If you don't show up, you probably shouldn't go, but perhaps this is the reason you don't show up, because you decided not to go because you didn't show up.
So would you go if you didn't show up to greet yourself?
If the "many worlds" interpretation is correct, you should go even if you don't "come back". Your future self would "branch off" a parallel universe, which you would not experience. If you do "come back", still go ahead. Of course, this depends on what state you come back in...
- Gehn
Watch the "Bill and Ted" movies. They are the definitive works on time travel 
I'm wondering why freezing is a necessary part of this experiment.
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