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[–] raccoon@lemmy.ml 64 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

He was dead when we found out, how the fuck would he come back in time?

[–] Shrubbery@piefed.social 53 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Being able to time travel implies he could also jump forward in time (e.g. to check his posthumous reputation).

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 1 points 16 minutes ago

I want to jump over this time period to get a better time in future.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 15 points 13 hours ago

Going forward is sadly the only way we can time travel. I explained this to Stephen in a couple weeks.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 22 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But why does Stephen Hawking not being able to time travel mean time travel doesn't exist?

[–] corvi@piefed.social 32 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Probably a reference to his “time travelers party”, a tongue-in-cheek way he used to suggest backwards time travel is impossible

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe no one came to his party because they knew he was on the list

[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Or maybe the time travelers went back and faked his name onto the list as a prank.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ah right, so they would have given him the technology to do so i guess is what it's implying

[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

Why would they do that, they know he's on the list.