People spend so much time killing germs and sanitizing things. Sure that may be the healthier thing to do, but isn't it, inevitably, weakening our immune systems? For those of you that don't know the basic storyline of Timeline, it's about a company that is trying to master teleportation and discovers a wormhole in time instead. They end up sending people back to 14th century France, the day before a big battle. My question is, with modern day immune systems, wouldn't they just be obliterated by the diseases rampant in the 14th century... diseases that mankind has built up a tolerance for and then lost the tolerance because the disease has been eradicated. Just by having a weak immune system alone, a person who traveled that far back in time would be, at the very least, sick all the time. The same could be said for anyone that would travel to the future. They would bring with them all the germs and nonsense that they don't know will eventually be harmful. The image that is brought to mind is from Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". Linda, though she is from the shiny, clean part of the world, has spent years with the "savages". The image I have is of Linda returning to the shiny world as a broken down and dirty beast. Would a time traveler really be welcomed? Because of things like that, my guess is no.
Michael Crichton was one of my favorite authors. I loved reading his books and feeling not only vastly entertained but also educated. His movies... well... they don't do his books justice. I can't say they're bad because Jurassic Park is my favorite movie. It also happens to be one of my favorite books by him. The stories are pretty different though. Anyway, what merited these musings was an urge to watch Timeline last night. Now, "Timeline" was an awesome book. I remember reading it in high school at a volleyball game. I had reached the joust in the book and the crowds were going wild, as were the crowds at the volleyball game. It was like Crichton and life coming together. Seriously love that book. ...moving on... So, I watched Timeline last night and it made me wonder about the modern day immune system. People spend so much time killing germs and sanitizing things. Sure that may be the healthier thing to do, but isn't it, inevitably, weakening our immune systems? For those of you that don't know the basic storyline of Timeline, it's about a company that is trying to master teleportation and discovers a wormhole in time instead. They end up sending people back to 14th century France, the day before a big battle. My question is, with modern day immune systems, wouldn't they just be obliterated by the diseases rampant in the 14th century... diseases that mankind has built up a tolerance for and then lost the tolerance because the disease has been eradicated. Just by having a weak immune system alone, a person who traveled that far back in time would be, at the very least, sick all the time. The same could be said for anyone that would travel to the future. They would bring with them all the germs and nonsense that they don't know will eventually be harmful. The image that is brought to mind is from Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World". Linda, though she is from the shiny, clean part of the world, has spent years with the "savages". The image I have is of Linda returning to the shiny world as a broken down and dirty beast. Would a time traveler really be welcomed? Because of things like that, my guess is no. Besides, I'm convinced that time travel isn't actually possible, it would have to be interdimensional travel... I wrote a blog about it once. Read it!
0 Comments
One of my most used labels or tags for this blog is "time travel". Well, that usually leads to other, wonderful thoughts. Today, my thought was about teleportation. Now, for the sake of clarification, this is teleportation like in "The Fly" where technology allows for instant teleportation from point A to point B. This has nothing to do with evolution, mutation, or superpowers. The actual point of this blog is that the sense of adventure with the advent of teleportation will actually decrease. This is why I think this: Each major city will have at least one teleportation device. Your range of travel from that point is limited. Say I wanted to go to Rome for the weekend. I would just hop in a teleporter and head to Rome, wander around the city and head back. It makes me think of the Olympics being held in Beijing. They spent a lot of money and time making sure the area around the olympic stadium was beautiful and pristine, but go a couple blocks in a different direction and you'll get a better idea of "real life" where people go to work each day and aren't flooded with tourists etc. What teleportation would do for travel is phenomenal, but then who would take the time to see the deserts of Africa, the rainforests of Costa Rica, and the Australian outback? Spend the weekend in Sydney and then go home. So, while transportation would open the door for travel, it would also limit it. The ease of getting across the world would be far more preferable than taking an 18 hour drive into the middle of nowhere (for most people anyway). When actual teleportion is implemented throughout the world, tourism will be much more efficient. The lanes of traffic will be more precise, and hopefully, those wannabe adventurers will leave those of us who actually prefer "roughing it" alone. One day I hope to see a teleportation pod type thing in the middle of a field or like a train station. These are my thoughts, they are mine, they are my own. I would like to know yours... so feel free to share! For those of you that don't know, this is a picture of family guy that parodies The Fly (with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis). Look it up if you want to really know what this picture is about.
I was sent this picture because of my love for Jurassic Park. This makes me happy in many ways, I hope you all enjoy... |
Blogs I FollowSubscribe to receive email updates!
Archives
December 2014
Categories
All
|