I have thought up a theoretical weapon of my own design, it is the Quantum Bomb. it is a weapon that destroys anything within the blast radius from the space-time continuum, in all of time the destroyed objects never existed... ever. therefor, even though it should, theoretically, be POSSIBLE to make, it would be impossible to use. due to the fact that, once detonated, the bomb would destroy itself. this would create a paradox, the bomb would destroy itself in all of time/space. you know the drill... the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time... ad infinitum. also, i think the universe would implode because of the aforementioned paradox.
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Mornaf2008-10-07 23:06
actually, i need to lengthen that paradox
the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence, and the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence, the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence, the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence, the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence, the bomb destroys its own existence, and the bomb can never be detonated, therefor it couldn't destroy itself in all time, therefor it destroys its own existence... now ad infinitum!
No such bomb is possible. You can't create a device that reaches into history and erases something from history. If you could do that, you might as well go back in time and make yourself God, using your fancy gadgets.
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Anonymous2008-10-08 2:35
>>4
maybe he IS God, and posted this just to mess with us!
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Anonymous2008-10-08 2:39
>>4
just remember this, time is an illusion caused by the passage of history, and history is an illusion caused by the passage of time. and just to annoy you, there is, in theory, a universe where this bomb exists. since there is a universe where anything is possible
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Anonymous2008-10-08 6:53
Oh look.
People with poor concepts of physics talking about physics.
>>6
That doesn't make sense. Spacetime is a 4 dimensional pseudoRiemannian manifold. The bomb's existence is a time like curve on this manifold. No event can influence anything outside of its future lightcone. Thus, the bomb's detonation cannot influence its past (which is clearly not in its future lightcone).