Time Travel: Does General Relativity Allow It?

Eagle9 · Oct 12, 2014

Of course, I know that time travel is still a science fiction, but I have heard that General Relativity allows this to happen.

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Orodruin · Oct 12, 2014

Eagle9 said:

but I have heard that General Relativity allows this to happen.

Where have you heard this? Provide a reference please. That you can construct space-times with closed time-like curves does not mean that it is actually implementable in our physical world.

Nugatory · Oct 12, 2014

"I have heard" is not an acceptable reference.
This thread is closed.

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