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Specifically, they looked for two specific terms: Comet ISON and Pope Francis. The thinking was, since Comet ISON was only discovered and introduced to popular nomenclature in 2012, and likewise Pope Francis, the first of that name, elected just last year, any mentions of the names from before those dates must have come from someone who had seen the future.
It's an interesting idea and all, but the method has some serious shortcomings—which is why the study authors note that just because their search came up short, it doesn't disprove time travel. For one, what if humans who had traveled the future had no interest in tweeting or sending tell-tale emails after they got there? Or even if they did, maybe they didn't give a damn about Comet ISON and Pope Francis? Or, maybe there is no internet in the future?
The idea of time travel, one of humanity's favorite sci-fi fixations, is documented as far back as the 9th century BC, in the text of the Indian Mahabharata poem. It seems to be a built-in human trait—not even our ancient ancestors could escape the temptation to wonder if it's possible to skip backwards and forwards through time. But while physicists continue to research the theoretical science behind time travel, not many people have just come out and asked: Hey, is there anyone out there from the future?
Researchers from Michigan Technological University's physics department recently decided to give it a shot, using the internet as their megaphone. They searched the web for prescient messages that could be evidence of future-dwellers. Unfortunately (surprise!) they didn't find any—but they plan to keep looking, according to the study recently published on Arxiv.
The team's approach was to comb through search engines, social media, and popular websites looking for references to information that only someone who had jumped forward in time (they opted against looking for people who had traveled to the past) could know.
originally posted by: visitedbythem
As we sit here right now, there are people flying past us into the future beyond us, from the past
. From 2000 years ago. They are also at the same time flying past us back into the past to report what they saw in our future. It has all been reported. Think about what you might see if you traveled to the year 4000 AD. You might have trouble describing what you saw. Its all in Revelation. Its part of the design. And if your truly wise, you'll keep your eyes on Palestine.
I can tell you many things as I did 6 years ago, when I told buddies about Syria, Lebanon, and Damascus. I also have bad news about America. Something happens, that causes the whole world to stare at the US in disbelief at the overnight destruction. The smoke goes up forever, and the world cries out " Who will we sell our wares to now? What will we do?"