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Far-Fetched Time Travel Concept Receives Private Funds

Posted by Zonk on from the if-you're-going-to-make-a-time-machine-do-it-with-some-style dept.

WED Fan writes "A University of Washington researcher who couldn't find funds the old fashioned way has raised funds from private parties to continue with his studies of 'time travel'. He is studying the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox. Basically, using spooky action, he wants to be able to use entangled pairs to send messages, not only through space, but also in time. 'As the evidence for this has accumulated, several fairly contorted and unsatisfying efforts have been aimed at solving the puzzle. Cramer has proposed an explanation that doesn't violate the speed of light but does kind of mess with the traditional concept of time.' Despite the implausibility of the science here laypeople have been inspired by the researcher's idea, enough to donate almost $35,000 to his project."

2 of 505 comments (clear)

  1. If this works... by Organic+Brain+Damage · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...then it's all over for Powerball. [I hate the minimum time between Reply/Submit]

  2. Request for Funds by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Hello,

    My project consists of sending messages back in time. Although this is proving very expensive to accomplish at this moment, I'll pay you off as soon as I send back the first winning set of Powerball numbers from the future. Please send money to me now. Because of past banking "misunderstandings", cheques are best made out to Cash. Thank you!

    Sincerely,
    R. U. Stupid

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."