cobl04
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He suggested humans could build spaceships capable of such high speeds that time itself would slow down for those on board.
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It could enable humans to "colonise the future".
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"I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a crank, but these days I'm not so cautious."
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"It would take six years [to reach 98% the speed of light]."
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"Each day on the ship would be a year on earth... a trip to the edge of the galaxy would take just 80 years for those on board."
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Hawking dismissed the prospect of time travel into the past, pointing out it would create the so-called mad scientist paradox, where a researched could travel back in time and shoot his past self, raising the question of who fired the shot?
Time travel possible, but only moving forwards, says Stephen Hawking | News.com.au
comes a week after he said aliens exist.
ridiculously fucking interesting. not sure i'd be willing to give up 80 years of my life to see the edge of the galaxy, though.