Not a Journal

I'd like to propose an experiment. As a member of society, I have an obligation to have at least a basic understanding of what is going on in the world right now. And even if I don't, I try to use common sense to be skeptical. But does everyone? Now I know in today's society, you can't just go walk up to a stranger and ask them a question because well, people suck nowadays, but maybe you can get to some people you know. And trust me, I realize the irony of asking the 10 people who read this thing to go out and do a social experiment, but I'm going to ask you anyway. So, what's the best way to achieve results? First of all, what's the experiment? I propose you tell someone a fictional news story, mentioning you "saw it on the news". I know, fake news and all. However, the catch is you tell them a recent, true news story first. I also realize this involves actually talking to another human being, in person...yuck... But I want to know how...

This was originally going to be solely a discussion on time travel. However, discussing the timeline is a rather good starting point before or while discussing time travel. I've always wanted to write about my thoughts on time and time travel. It is one of those obscure enough topics where anyone can theorize about the generalities of it. But are those theories based in any realm of realism? There are well-respected theorists like Stephen Hawking who have gone into great detail regarding time travel. There are a ton of TV shows and movies which go to great lengths to be as accurate as possible. In our current understanding of physics, time travel is mathematically allowed. But the reality is that we just don't know, yet. Perhaps there is another law of physics we have yet to discover which proves time travel is fundamentally not possible. But it's fun to think about regardless. Let's start simple. If I were to build a time machine right now, would I be able to use i...