If you could time-travel forward 500 years to a utopian future, but you had to go by yourself and you could never come back to this time period, would you go?
The circumstances, given for the poll, are what says it is utopian. I would most definitely go. My family would understand & I would meet my future family, while I was there.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Like Ratbat said, the circumstances for the poll say that it's utopian. Let's say you're somehow given a glimpse of it and can clearly see that it's utopian, what most people would consider a heavenly paradise. If you're familiar with Star Trek, think Riza. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I would go, but not without my daughter. That would be pointless. How could you be happy, even in paradise, without those you love? I think it would be pretty sad actually. Take carePlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
No, I think not. I think this will go against the grain of the votes here. There is too much that I like here. I am relatively happy with my life and so would not change it. There are a lot of attachments that I enjoy...
No way, Jose! (not directed to people named Jose in particular) Unless I acquire huge amounts of money and fame, then I would go, and upon arrival be greeted and revered. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Interesting but dangerous ? 1) I think it would be interesting to explore the past, also. For historians for instance. 2) But Michael Crichton's recent "Timeline" tale says it is also very dangerous .... 3) The ethic concern: Would it be used for exploration only or would some people try to interfere and change the past or the future ? What would then be the consequences ?
Nah can't. Even though it will be a utopia, your education and such will be outdated. What about work? Surely no one will need you. And what if some rules that apply now don't apply there? 500 years...hmmm...society's way of thinking will most likely change dramatically and I think it will be very hard to adjust. Too many possibilities and I like my life now. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I believe it's a lot better then being lost without a purpose in life.
at this point. no... because it would be like dying... you'd lose everything. not knowning for sure what would happen next... however.. if the things there were important to muble life were lost... my boyfriend.. my family.. my pom girls.... then.. i might consider it.. as.. starting over... as long as there was someone to guide me through it, and i wasn't just thrown 500 years forward, and told to fend for myself. but i also would like to know what 'utopia' means to them.... i read a story once.. i cant remember the name of it.. it was very short.. it was about everyone being equal. where stronger people were strapped with weights, so to not outdo the weaker. and girls wore ugly masks.. so that none of them were to pretty. and this one man had a ringing in his ear everytime he thought, so that he wasn't to smart for everyone else... and the woman had head constant headaches causing her not to remember more than everyone else. in the book, they watched thir son die on television.. but didn't know it becuase she couldn't emeber who he was. and the father was unable to follow what was happening.
i'd go. it's probably equally pointless as my life here, so why not?? of course i'll miss my friends & family, but in the end we all die alone.. yup, i'd go. definately.
no why my family my friends and people that i knew you can't change the past but you can change the future
(whoa...when did I post here? so long ago...) I reinforce my 'nay' with the example from Childhood's End, where "utopia" is last stage before the destruction of mankind. I'm still weirded out, too. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Startrek crew are timetravel professionals Remember startrek adventures. There are repeated timetravels. I found the most interesting was the timetravel in the "First Contact", which was in fact the last film episode. A timetravel to change the past and to prevent the "Borg" from taking total control of Earth. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I'd take one of the many intelligent and attractive girls on the island I live on and go maybe a few decades, but not five hundred. It would be far too wierd to accept and live with, the world would be unimaginably different. You really really have to admit that in every little age of history the people that lived in that age had no idea as to what was coming next. So don't even try, just work with what you have...I guess.
i voted yes but it would be hard at first but i think i could ajust and think of all the cool shit well have in 500 years. If it was a utopia then u couldnt be not happy or it wouldnt be a utopia.
