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From: melnick@unc.UUCP (Alex Melnick)
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Subject: Re: A Sane Man Proposes A Time Travel Experiment
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Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 17:15:15 EDT
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In article <7489@tekecs.UUCP> mikes@tekecs.UUCP (Michael Sellers) writes:
>  As a collateral question (and possibly too speculative for these august
>groups :-), if you were the one capable of sending something back, what (or 
>who) would it be?
>
>		Mike Sellers

Another question is:  If you were in the future, knew about the experiment,
and had the equipment to send some material or information back to the
experimenters, WHY WOULD YOU SEND ANYTHING?  (Douglas Adams is right:  English
grammar can't handle time travel.)

It seems that in performing the experiment, we're relying on someone in the
future not merely to be able to help us, but also to want to help us.  Is
this a reasonable assumption?  Maybe.  They might be interested in helping
fellow scientists, etc., but on the other hand, what's in it for them?
Sounds like a story (or three) in here somewhere.

Alex      ...!mcnc!unc!melnick
(Still looking for M* Right.)