NationStates Jolt Archive

If you could travel back in time (only backward, I don't want any ridiculous replies) and could do anything (have a conversation with Hitler/eat an animal that's now on the endangered species list/change the course of history by locking up Einstine and claiming all of his work as your own) what would you do? I'd go back and introduce Christianity to cavemen.

I'd go back in time and introduce modern medicine and technology to cavemen before you got there. I'd also instruct them to shoot you on sight when you arrive. I don't want my super-advanced cavemen contaminated with religion.

I'd go back and kill-off the human race. :)

I'd go back in time and introduce modern medicine and technology to cavemen before you got there. I'd also instruct them to shoot you on sight when you arrive. I don't want my super-advanced cavemen contaminated with religion.

Touche

I'd go back and use my knowledge of the future to rule the world.

I wouldn't go back in time at all, there is no telling what I would screw up, what types of paradoxes I would create...................

I'd go back and introduce Christianity to cavemen.

Thats brilliant man, how inventful. If there aint enough religion pushing going on as it is. 'No' to the beginning of the universe; 'no' to mass extensions; 'no' to weird and wondrous creatures, but a 'yes' to lets teach the cavemen about some fictional nonsense about some guy who aint yet been born. 'He will die to save us all, my loinclothed bretheren'. You should travel back and prove once and for all that you are deluded and document the creation of the universe from the Big Bang, that would truly be fascinating.

Just to clear something up, I'm an athiest. I just thought it'd be funny to see what people would do if they could go back in time.

I would go back and stop the Iran hostage situation. The last 25 years would have been so much better. The nation would have dreams and vision rather than hate and paranoia.

I feel so sorry for the young people who have grown up in an age where the leaders have had no vision of a better future.

I feel so sorry for the young people who have grown up in an age where the leaders have had no vision of a better future.
Eh, I feel sorry for the young people who have grown up in an age where they have no vision of a better future.

I'd go back in time just so I could go back to the future. :p

Thats brilliant man, how inventful. If there aint enough religion pushing going on as it is. 'No' to the beginning of the universe; 'no' to mass extensions; 'no' to weird and wondrous creatures, but a 'yes' to lets teach the cavemen about some fictional nonsense about some guy who aint yet been born. 'He will die to save us all, my loinclothed bretheren'. You should travel back and prove once and for all that you are deluded and document the creation of the universe from the Big Bang, that would truly be fascinating.

You have to admit that it could make a rather interesting Science Fiction story though.


I'd go back in time roughly two years ago and explain to my slightly younger self that making trite remarks on an internet forum isn't the best use of time, no matter how much more appealling than work it is.

I would go back and stop the Iran hostage situation. The last 25 years would have been so much better. The nation would have dreams and vision rather than hate and paranoia.

I feel so sorry for the young people who have grown up in an age where the leaders have had no vision of a better future.


Tis quite pescimistic to think there are NO ONE out there with a vision. There are plenty of leaders out there, you just need to look in the right place, friend. The world is a wonderful place, with so much possibility.

I think I would go back and watch a man named Bob Gibson pitch part of a baseball game, in which he broke his leg, and then finished the game. That guy was amazing.... simple enough request, nothing extravagent.

Here's an idea, courtesy of Terry Pratchett. You go back in time, and whenever somebody has a crazy newfangled idea, like fast food, bankroll them and collect your share of the dough. Still gets invented, so no major historical shakeup. But, if you can only travel back in time, does that mean that you can't get (at the risk of sounding cliched) back to the future?

I'd go back in time to destroy the time machine before it's built, because I'm curious as to what exactly would happen if such a paradox were created.

If you could travel back in time (only backward, I don't want any ridiculous replies) and could do anything (have a conversation with Hitler/eat an animal that's now on the endangered species list/change the course of history by locking up Einstine and claiming all of his work as your own) what would you do? I'd go back and introduce Christianity to cavemen.
How would you do that if Jesus hadn't arrived and claimed to be the Messiah back in cave-man times?

Surely you would introduce them to Judaism and then wait for Jesus to show?

I'd nip the whole thing in the bud by ridiculing them for being scared of lightning. :rolleyes:

Shoot Paul

How would you do that if Jesus hadn't arrived and claimed to be the Messiah back in cave-man times?

You don't have to tell them that.

AFAIK some Christian missionaries weren't above tailoring the stories originally to local tastes at first to get people 'hooked.' And there is always the good old conversion by force if that fails.

AFAIK some Christian missionaries weren't above tailoring the stories originally to local tastes at first to get people 'hooked.' And there is always the good old conversion by force if that fails.
Very true. The conversion of the cannibalistic tribes of Fiji to Catholicism was quite straightforward for obvious reasons of symbolism.

Eh, I feel sorry for the young people who have grown up in an age where they have no vision of a better future.
I second this also.

Tis quite pescimistic to think there are NO ONE out there with a vision. There are plenty of leaders out there, you just need to look in the right place, friend. The world is a wonderful place, with so much possibility.

I think I would go back and watch a man named Bob Gibson pitch part of a baseball game, in which he broke his leg, and then finished the game. That guy was amazing.... simple enough request, nothing extravagent.
There are researchers and businessmen who have vision but they don't draw as much attention as polititions. Maybe most didn't have vision in the past. But there were always a few that inspired. Can't think of a single one today.

Young people today seem to look up to entertainers. An entertainer with substance, much less vision, is like looking for the perfect diamond. Possible but seldom.

Gibson was impressive. Lots of greats in that era.

Here's an idea, courtesy of Terry Pratchett. You go back in time, and whenever somebody has a crazy newfangled idea, like fast food, bankroll them and collect your share of the dough. Still gets invented, so no major historical shakeup. But, if you can only travel back in time, does that mean that you can't get (at the risk of sounding cliched) back to the future?

Terry Pratchett Rocks.

Well I'd prevent the fall of Rome. Also do some work seeing if I couldn't stop Christianity from being the only dominant religion in the West.

I'd go visit the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.

Sounds like my kind of fun! :D

Go back to Greek times with a Armored Division, four Mechanised Divisions, a Regiment of multi-role aircraft, not to mention the nessecary materials to build a modern city. Please note that the aforementioned military hardware will be modern(preferably American).

Once I arrive... ENSLAVE! ENSLAVE! ENSLAVE!