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Old 29-10-2010, 11:16   #39
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Re: Time Traveller on Mobile Phone in 1920's

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What's a decade or so amongst time-travelling aliens from another dimension - acceptable margin of error...
Ask Doctor Who. He's frequently landed in the right place, but the wrong century.

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But that would be a clear violation of causality - even if you tried to support this proposition by proposing quantum entanglement using the Bohm Interpretation of quantum mechanics as the method of communication between the traveller in the past and the satellites in the future, the fact that causality is preserved in quantum mechanics is a rigorous result in modern quantum field theories, which makes that supposition non-viable.
I believe that Gary is following the Star Trek theory of time travel, where it *is* possible to transmit signals to different times. As evidenced (notably) in the episodes of Voyager and DS9 involving Star Fleet's Temporal Affairs department.

Regarding this clip, while I would *like* to believe it's true, the far more logical explanation is that someone ripped the DVD of the original movie, filmed the woman walking along in front of a blue or green screen holding something up to her ear, then used something like Adobe After Effects to both match the video to the film (so lighting, grain, focus etc match) and create a composite video showing the woman shown.

The fact that the person who "discovered' it presents his entire theory while standing in front of a poster advertising another film speaks volumes. Oh, and, Yes, he did direct the film on the poster.
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