The possibility of creating a time machine has occupied human minds throughout the entire existence of mankind. Perhaps, the prospect of one day moving into the era of dinosaurs, and then pressing the cherished button, to get into the distant futuristic world of the future, sounds really good. Fortunately for all science fiction lovers, astrophysicists are confident that the creation of a real time machine is just around the corner. According to the portal futurism.com, a physics professor from the University of Connecticut has developed a unique way to travel in time. Despite the fact that the scientist's plan is still theoretical, astrophysicist Ron Mallet is confident that the theory he created will one day help scientists to develop the device so desired for humanity.
Can you create a time machine?
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity, created back in 1905, could be the key to creating a universal time machine. This is the conclusion reached by astrophysicist from the University of Connecticut, Ron Mallett, who claims that the basics of SRT can reveal the mechanism of operation of the device, which science fiction writers often talk about. According to Mallet's hypothesis, in the case when a person is in a spaceship flying at a speed close to the speed of light, time flows for him more slowly than for someone who remained on Earth. Essentially, an astronaut could have been in space for less than a week, but upon returning to Earth, he would have realized that it would have been 10 years for the people left on the planet.
As the astrophysicist explained, his idea for a time machine is based on another theory of Einstein's - general relativity. According to this theory, massive objects strongly distort the surrounding matter of space and time due to their inherent fundamental force - gravity.
According to the theory of Professor Mallett, in order for a person to be able to move into the future, we need to learn how to twist the loop of time. Special ring lasers emitting circulating beams of light can help in the implementation of such an ambitious idea. Be that as it may, not all representatives of the scientific world are ready to admit the idea of the possibility of creating a time machine as such. Astrophysicist Paul Sutter believes that the development of such a highly technical device has nothing to do with reality due to significant flaws in Mallet's mathematics. However, it is not the first time that reports of attempts to create a time machine appear in the scientific community. So, in one of our articles we have already talked about ways to go to the past and the future, however, they all have a number of serious limitations, and,even if one day we do manage to create at least some semblance of a time machine, the device is unlikely to help kill the infant Adolf Hitler.
In any case, the main problem in creating a device that can change your present and future is not even the extreme complexity and high cost of the mechanism, but also the fact that the time machine can send information only up to the point when you turn on the machine. In other words, a return to the past can create a large number of previously unforeseen problems, causing the famous paradox of the “murdered grandfather”, first described by science fiction writer Rene Barzhavel.
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