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On 8/23/24 12:49, Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
   https://www.xkcd.com/2976/

So no time travelers died of the extreme heat at 250 million years ago
when the average temperature of the Earth was over 90 F ?

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

Explained at:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2976:_Time_Traveler_Causes_of_Death

Lynn

What about the earth no longer being where it was when transport was
initiated? I think that may be fatal.
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On 2024-08-25, BCFD 36 <[email protected]> wrote:

On 8/23/24 12:49, Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
   https://www.xkcd.com/2976/

So no time travelers died of the extreme heat at 250 million years ago
when the average temperature of the Earth was over 90 F ?

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

Explained at:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2976:_Time_Traveler_Causes_of_Death

Lynn

What about the earth no longer being where it was when transport was initiated? I think that may be fatal.

In what frame of reference has the earth moved? I think that can be
hand-waved, a minor problem.

Chris

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On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:49:07 -0700, Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
https://www.xkcd.com/2976/

So no time travelers died of the extreme heat at 250 million years ago
when the average temperature of the Earth was over 90 F ?

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

Explained at:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2976:_Time_Traveler_Causes_of_Death

Suppose I go back in time to eat ammonites, they look delicious.
But butter hasn't been invented yet!

I think this is what is called the Time Traveler Paradox.

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On 2024-08-25 19:56:42 +0000, BCFD 36 said:

On 8/23/24 12:49, Lynn McGuire wrote:

xkcd: Time Traveler Causes of Death
�� https://www.xkcd.com/2976/

So no time travelers died of the extreme heat at 250 million years ago
when the average temperature of the Earth was over 90 F ?

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

Explained at:

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2976:_Time_Traveler_Causes_of_Death

Lynn

What about the earth no longer being where it was when transport was initiated? I think that may be fatal.

What about accidentally squashing an insect in the distant past and
wiping out the entire evolutionary chain for humans? ;-)

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