Time travel into future possible

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The discussion centers on the concept of time travel through cryonics, where a person could be frozen after death and revived in the future, experiencing a form of time travel from their perspective. Participants debate whether this process constitutes true time travel, with some arguing that it is merely preservation since the individual still ages while frozen. Comparisons are made to experiences like anesthesia and sleep, where time perception is altered but does not equate to actual time travel. The conversation also touches on the idea that one does not need to be dead to undergo cryonics, though there is a preference for freezing after death. Ultimately, the consensus leans towards distinguishing between preservation and genuine time travel.
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If I say die at 45 have have myself frozen and in 500 years time they unthaw me medicine is advanced they can bring me back to life with my memory just as how I knew it before I passed away than from my point of view id have trvelled in time to 500 years into future right ? no diff from a time machine as all I know is being in 21st century then 26th century with no conception of time passing.
 
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I suppose the same could be argued everytime you go to sleep.
 
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I suppose the same could be argued everytime you go to sleep.

Why sleep, just go about your normal day. But if you really want to travel into the future, just get on a plane and fly coast to coast, you'll pick up a few seconds if you do it every day for a few years.
 
When I was "put under" for surgery that lasted a couple hours and then woke, the last thoughts I remember were the last thoughts I had before the anesthesia took full effect.
 
the only problem with above is you may have perceived a jump in time but your body has still aged with cryogenics it doesnt
 
bozo the clown said:
If I say die at 45 have have myself frozen and in 500 years time they unthaw me medicine is advanced they can bring me back to life with my memory just as how I knew it before I passed away than from my point of view id have trvelled in time to 500 years into future right ? no diff from a time machine as all I know is being in 21st century then 26th century with no conception of time passing.


isn't that what's happened with walt disney? or is that an urban myth?

surely if the freezing process is done well, you don't have to be dead when they freeze you and therefore they can unfreeze you in 500 years and they won't need advances in medicine to help you.
 
true you do not have to be dead but id rarther have it done when i passed away
 
This is way different form my concept of a "time machine" in a "real" time machine I would be able to travel BACK to where I started. We are all riding the roller coaster we call time into the future, that is not time travel, it is inevitable.
 
Let me try to say what Integral said (no offense Int.) in my own words:

That is not time travel at all. The same time passes - it is simply preservation.
 
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If only the bag of peas in my freezer could talk, or negotiate a book deal with a publisher...
 

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