takenbysubway t1_j0zrck0 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Reply to comment by captainstormy in What if time travel is impossible because of this? by [deleted]

That is time travel. Similar to using cryogenics, you’ve effectively skipped over x amount of time into the future.

captainstormy t1_j0zrp24 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:03 PM

But you haven't skipped over it. It still happened and your body was there for the whole thing. Your consciousness simply wasn't able to perceive it.

takenbysubway t1_j0zs16g wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:05 PM

If I fall asleep and wake up in the year 3000 (something I never could reach in a normal lifespan), I would say that’s time travel. The end result is winding up in a time that is not naturally my own.

captainstormy t1_j0zse87 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:07 PM

If you lay there for 978 years before waking it. It absolutely isn't time travel. It can appear that way to you. But it isn't. Your body simply laid there for 978 years.

takenbysubway t1_j0zspbr wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Agree to disagree, but Stephen Hawking used the term “time travel” to describe this very thing in Into the Universe.