Interview with John Titor (Part 3)

The following webcomic is based on John Titor's actual web forum postings on timetravelinstitute.com from November, 2000 to March, 2001.

 

 

So Mr. Titor, how exactly is this
worldline different from your own?

For starters, the fact that I'm here makes it different. I've also noticed little things like news events that happen at different times, football games won by other teams, things like that. 

I would guess the temporal divergence between this worldline and my original is about 1 or 2 percent. Of course, the longer I am here, the larger that divergence becomes from my point of view.

 

    

What type of vehicle is in the picture you posted?
 Does your machine allow you to control time travel?

It is a 1967 Chevrolet. And yes, it can be controlled. However, the distortion unit has operational limits. Imagine your path through time is through a cone. The farther away from the center of the cone, the more differences you will see in the worldline.

The C204 begins to "break away" at about 60 years. This means the level of confidence drops rapidly after 60 years of travel and the worldline divergence increases. In other words, if I wanted to go back 2000 years and meet Christ, there is a better than average chance I would end up on a worldline where he was never born.

Fascinating...

The computer units and gravity sensors "record" your trip and you are quite easily able to return to your point of origin. I am aware that research is being done on faster units with more accurate clocks. 

I imagine that they will be able to go back farther with a higher degree of divergence confidence.

Are you drawn back to your

worldline of origin for any reason?

Is instability a problem for you?

I'm not sure what you mean by stable. If you mean mentally, there are many things that bother me here but being with my parents right now is important to me. 

Physically, the only thing really wrong is the number of colds I get.

 

Are you able to return home?


Is there a radiation problem?

Yes I am able to return home. 

I'm not sure what radiation you mean. If you mean from the unit, it vents X-rays and Gamma radiation out of the rear. As long as you stay away from that, you should be okay. I keep a radiation detector with me to check my environment and make sure the unit isn't "leaking".

What does the light look like when you time travel?

The light bending only lasts a second. Its like driving under a tunnel and being in total black.

While the machine is on, everything is black. When the machine is turned off, it is the reverse affect [sic]. It appears you are driving out from a bridge. To tell you the truth, I'm usually sleeping when the unit turns off but yes, it does appear that the world fades in from black.

 

Do people know where you are?


Can you communicate with your home?

No. They do not know where I am and I cannot communicate with them. Interesting idea though. From their point of view, I will return almost exactly at the same moment I left. 

From their viewpoint, I will only have aged more than expected.

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Stay Tuned for Part 4 coming soon! 

For the full transcript of John Titor's postings, head over to johntitor.com.

Wksc.