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Slatz_Grobnik
08/26/09

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My apartment is slowly turning into a temple to time travel, thanks to 826LA.
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lazyeight
08/25/09

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but....
In this context and poster, the butterfly referred to is Ray Bradbury's from 'A Sound of Thunder' and not the butterfly from 'The Butterfly Effect'. The latter is more of a quantum universe, not a temporal, insect (or is it arthropod). Plus we never met the bug in the movie, but we did (post-mortem) in the story.
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reddingofish
08/25/09

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I miss The Time Tunnel. When are they going to reboot that show?
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Trystero
08/25/09

@reddingofish: How many times can somebody fail to save the Titanic / be the real reason why it sank?
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twDarkflame
08/25/09

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I never believed in the choas theory in that context.
Sure, stepping on an ant could change the future massively...but I think its more likely it wouldn't. I think it would take a very special ant.
I think most events have many cause's not just one "threshold" one. So as the changes spread out over the timeline, they get less intense. Like putting a bucket of paint in the ocean. Eventually it will spread out and effect the colour of the whole ocean...but it will be in such a subtle way, it wouldnt be noticeable.

Of course, I dont think we would ever be able to test this.
If we ever did invent time machines, we couldnt change the future anyway, as changes would always loop-around untill stable anyway, and no one would remember any difference.
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twDarkflame
08/25/09

@twDarkflame: (incidently; I think this idea was also mentioned in star trek once...about the intensity of changes diminishing as time goes by..whatever you do we will always end in a big cranch or a heat death...DS9 I think.)
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PostMarque
08/24/09

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well somebody had to have put a dent in the 1980s.
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Roklimber
08/24/09

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As the unlucky contestant in a 2263 reality holo-TV show based on the 1960s "The Time Tunnel", I know first-hand what the dangers of time-traveling are.

(If the reference doesn't make sense to you,this post will make things clear)
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Trystero
08/25/09

@Roklimber: It could have been worse. You could have ended up stranded on the set of the 1960s show "The Time Tunnel." Oh, you might have had fun for awhile, but then the 70s would hit and everything would turn brown and plaid and terrible.
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Sir Winston Thriller
08/24/09

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Any paradox can be paradoctored.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
08/24/09

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Yes...I want to prevent paradoxes.
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MargaretMoony
08/24/09

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Oh, super!
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modernboy
08/24/09

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"don't step on any butterflies..what did butterflies ever do to you anyway?"
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LittleDragon
08/24/09

@modernboy: I'll tell you what that butterfly did to me. It flapped its wings and created a breeze that became a strong wind that blew a seed pod into a field, that grew into a tall tree that caught fire and burned part of my house, destroying my favorite action figures.
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Lassus
08/24/09

@LittleDragon: WIN
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