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Showerthoughts

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The reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition. (lemmy.world)
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Sort of similar to the Great Filter theory, but applied to time travel technology.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If you were a historian with a time machine doing original research for your doctoral dissertation, you’d probably prioritize visiting the most poorly-documented eras first—the Information Age would be at the very bottom of your list.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 7 months ago

Future historians could have infinite time. We could get grad students a thousand years after time travel is invented. Of course, they could be sneaky.