Saturday, February 24, 2007

John Titor

And now for this week's letter. This one comes from a mysterious man named John Titor who claims to be from the year 2036. He writes:

Dear Time Travel Companion Staff,

First I would like to commend you on a job well done. Every week there is a new and fascinating letter and response for me to read. Although, I don’t understand what kind of time traveling you do and with what devices you do it with. As you might have already heard, I traveled back in time using a complicated system of manipulated gravity forces to power my time machine. As this type of travel requires a great deal of energy and preparation, I was wondering if you have any suggestions? Also, I would like to assure the time travel community as a whole that I am not a hoax—I really am from the future even if the events that I said would come to pass have not actually happenedyet.


Signing Off,
John Titor



Dear Mr. Titor,

Thank you for your warm response to our site. We very much appreciate it. As for what kind of time traveling we do and what equipment we use, we cannot say as it might damage the time line if our activities and technology are generally known. Damage to the time line could create a paradox so complexly profound that even the best time travel experts wouldn’t be able to fix it. No one wants a hole ripped in the delicate fabric of the space-time continuum, right? The whole universe could be wiped out. No, we’re sorry but it just isn’t a good idea to have that kind of information made public at this point in time. If you really are capable of traveling into the future or the past, then you should be able to figure out what kind of technological advances are going to be made possible to enhance time travel. Just a suggestion.

As to whether the time travel community believes you, well, you aren’t exactly the most respected person, are you? We don’t mean to hurt your feelings, but if you want people to believe that you are from the future you need to be a little more accurate in your predictions of future events.

Thanks again,
The T.T.C. Staff

4 comments:

Theo said...

Hey, T.T.C. staff!
You have the best blog I have seen!
Have you ever reseached the Time/Space Traveler named the Doctor?
The doctor is from a race called the "Time Lords", and travels in an old police box. The doctors adventures are super cheesy, but he does have the coolest dog in all the galaxy!

Benjamin S. Baker said...

Yes, I would agree Mr. Titor was very unreliable in his Y2K prediction. You should check out some more Y2K stuff on the Wikipedia page, if you have not done so already. Also, check out the Wiki biography of Douglas Adams.

RBX said...

Your blog is certainly different for me, yet entertaining. Have you seen this site which discusses time travel from a philosophical rather than a purely scientific view?

larry said...

Your blog is very well done Sarah. I've always been fascinated by time travel. Have you see A Night's Tale ? Not a bad flick; you may want to check it out. Some other time travel favorites are Back To the Future and Quantum Leap . Peace.