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The moment we learn how to time travel, the first thing we're all going to want to do is go back in time and kill our own grandparents as children. It's like picking at a scab, you can't resist. A big part of the temptation comes from the fact that we don't know what'll happen when you do that — it's the great unknown, mocking us with its unknowability. What do you think will happen? More »
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There are many things that annoy us about science fiction: godlike beings, lazy time-travel paradoxes, actions that don't have consequences... but luckily, there's one thing that epitomizes all of them: the reset button. Whenever the unthinkable happens, you can be pretty sure science fiction will unthink it. Click through for the many evils of the reset button. More »
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