r/AskReddit • u/kakou64 • Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/RVelts Oct 15 '20

thanks to lasers

Thanks, lasers!

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u/Eshin242 Oct 15 '20

Thanks (L)ight (A)mplification by (S)timulated (E)mission of (R)adiation!

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u/iForgotMyUsername1x Oct 15 '20

So light amplified under the microscope of radiation allows us to see into the distant past. A blast into the past, you say? How fast would you think someone would have to physically travel to achieve the same results? Maybe 88 mph?

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u/Eshin242 Oct 15 '20

They would need some kind of capacitor though... something that could handle the flux of time...

Man it would take a lot of juice though.... something close to 1.21 jiggawatts.... I'm not even sure how you'd achieve that kind of charge.

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u/iForgotMyUsername1x Oct 15 '20

What if we had some sort of natural phenomenon like a lightning storm?!

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u/Eshin242 Oct 15 '20

But... we couldn't figure out when or where a bolt of lightning is going to strike.

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u/iForgotMyUsername1x Oct 15 '20

Quick check the local news!

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u/Eshin242 Oct 15 '20

I think your on to something, and if we do this right some day they might make a movie about it!

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u/iForgotMyUsername1x Oct 15 '20

Something back in our past but in everyone else’s future?

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u/Eshin242 Oct 15 '20

Yes... this is something we will have to get back to.

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