A Time Traveler's Tale

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That story is the kind of piece that can take you down an Internet wormhole that you emerge from and say "Did I really just spend two hours on that?" Titor also makes several references to the Everett-Wheeler model, also known as the theory of the Universal Wavefunction. It’s an attempted explanation for the bizarre wave-like behavior of individual particles in the double-slit experiment, stating that every possible outcome of events always happens, each event splitting off into its own universe to avoid wavefunction collapse. Hence, multiple worldlines. Titor also made statements like “As far as war goes, I have faith you are quite capable of starting one all by yourself,” and “In the grand scheme of things, the war in the Middle East is a part of what’s to come, not the cause.” Always implying that a long, drawn out battle was on the horizon.

Respected scientists do study the subject since Einstein's Theory of Relativity allows for time travel. Are you really surprised to find out that Iraq has nukes now or is that just BS to whip everyone up into accepting the next war?”– February 5, 2001, Post2Post Art Bell Forum At the moment, none of this can be verified, but our current path of physics may surprise us, and the Many-worlds interpretation is considered a legitimate possibility. The Discovery Of Time Travel Image: Rodion Kutsaev/Unsplash After turbulence almost caused him to crash, Goddard finally managed to regain control of his plane.

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Although he frequently invoked the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, whereby events from his timeline may differ from our own, Titor also said that the differences would be minimal. As such, some have interpreted his descriptions of his timeline as predictions, and have compared them with actual historical events that have occurred since Titor's final post in 2001.

It is believed that all worldlines end. It is also thought that parallel worldlines that appear to be the same end at different times.”– February 15, 2001, Post2Post Art Bell Forum

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Titor arrived on our timeline (or otherwise began posting) in November 2000, and left (or stopped posting) in March 2001. Remember: This was before 9/11, and the United States did not invade Iraq until 2003. The prelude to the invasion involved many public hearings on the possible presence of “weapons of mass destruction,” with Congress passing the “Iraq Resolution” in October of 2002.

The more time that passes, the fewer people who believe Titor ever really was a time traveler. And yet, some of his statements from 2000 to 2001 were eerily prescient. In 1932, two German newspaper reporters travelled to the Hamburg-Altona Shipyards to research a story.Sure, none of his predictions came true when he said they would. But lots of people believed him. Lots still do. Especially today. (See "civil conflict over a U.S. presidential election" above.)