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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We are all time traveling though... Into the future at 1 sec per sec.

Tenet plausible? Bruh, what?

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

You also change the rate at which you move forward in time depending on the local gravity and speed.

It is technically possible to accelerate so much you can travel forward in time at a nearly infinite rate.

You just can't go backwards in time.

[–] Steve 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yes. Exactly.

Tenet and Primer both use the exact same time travel mechanic.
Step into the machine and you start traveling into the past at a rate of 1 sec per sec. You're traveling through time at the same rate as normal, just the opposite direction.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Steve 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's realy not. It's a completely consistant, well thought out conception of time travel. It only seems like nonsense because it's so different from our normal experience.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't say it wasn't consistent, it's just nonsense

[–] Steve 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Then I don't know what nonsense means