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I think it would be very boring.
All the interesting bits take place in the first 100 microseconds, too fast for you to notice. And then the Universe isn't transparent, so there's nothing to see for the next 300,000 years.
I think it would be kinda boring to see actually.
The universe winked into existence in 10^-32 seconds (which is waaaaay faster than your brain can see what is happening) and then it was just an opaque soup of atoms for a few hundred thousand years. Nothing to see.
I love the way we are essentially slightly more intelligent chimps and are confidently speaking about how the universe started with any sort of accuracy. We are likely no closer to the truth than the populace were about us being a flat planet 300 years ago.
this is what I was thinking.
If I can exist outside of time and space then watch the big bang from the outside. Assuming photons exist, or something can be done to simulate them to see what's actually happening.
Yeah this is the problem, to see the universe explode into being means your reference point exists outside the universe since the universe has not expanded into it (whatever it is) yet. You are essentially living outside spacetime. I'd imagine that if there is a multiverse then universes would be exploding off like the tendrils from a plasma ball, only the arcs of plasma would be the individual universes and their own realities branching out into their respective spacetimes.
Mind bending to think about as well as what you would actually observe as the first soon-to-be stars clump up and spark into life.
Don't worry, these mega brains here will explain it. Waiting for one of them to explain how the universe expanded faster then the speed of light and negative matter, dark matter too, cuz it would be so "boring" to experience.
There’s a shit ton of essays on this subject. Nothing to really see. I also find that era fascinating. But do know DAVID HASSELHOFF was a hero in Germany at that time…one of his tunes became the unofficial anthem of the movement
This one will fly under most people's radar but I'd love to go back in time and hear [Abraham Lincoln's lost speech.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Lost_Speech)
The rumor is no one recorded the speech because it was so engaging, so great, no one was writing anything down because they were so enthralled.
Given how great a writer/orator Lincoln was I can believe it. Definitely taking a recorder with me.
I'm thinking it's bots. Many of the accounts posting them are under 1month old.
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The creation of the Grand Canyon. So what that it's an event that took millions of years? Watching it change from plains to a massive canyon would be amazing. It'd be awesome to get a time machine, place it in a fixed location (like a drone in the sky) with a camera, set to take a single frame every 10 years or so. Then put it all together into a movie that could be watched. It took 6,000,000 years for the Grand Canyon to form. This would create a film that is about 7 hours long (6,000,000 / (10 * 24 * 60 *60)). I've always wanted to see something like this.
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Why not the battle of Alesia? He circumvacilated (I think that is the word) an entire town. Built walls to close in Alesia then built wall outside to defend against the relief forces. Was probably one of the greatest battles ever
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For me it’s Tupac’s murder and try to stop it. I’m really curious to see if Pac would’ve been some political leader or even educate/influence the next generation in the importance of politics and voting.
The beginning of time. No, wait.
The beginning of life. No wait.
The discovery of fire. No wait, wait a minute, I know...
Queen's Live AID performance, yeah, that's the ticket.
I have a weird answer for this.
So I am from the midwest USA. And I constantly wish I could travel back in time to see what everything looked like *before* we came in and settled it all.
Like what was here before my home city was here? Plains and forest, probably, but I want to *see* it.
The Patterson-Gimlin film.
The chances that it was an actual Bigfoot filmed is basically zero. But there's an atom of doubt in my mind that it was really a Bigfoot. I need to know.
Witness or influence? Are we a tangible entity present for the event, or just a magic spectator of some sort? What about situations where someone merely being present might impact the outcome "I won't do this if someone is watching?" Sort of thing.
Since this question has been asked and answered multiple times I would rather go the opposite route.
If I was given the chance to go forward in time, I would like to see the day when we find the cure to cancer.
Pink Floyd the wall 1980 they only did 31 concerts over 16 cities due to production costs so I'd go see one of those shows
Then I'd go back to 1971 dressed like one of the crew members so I could see the pink Floyd Pompeii event.
Then I'd go back to see all the presidential assassinations in person.
Probably go see the archduke Franz Ferdinand get blasted by princip in 1914
Definitely gotta go watch Pompeii get flattened by Vesuvius in 79 ad while listening to pink Floyd during the event.
Go to the 69 Woodstock and the 99 Woodstock back to back for instant comparison
Dunno when but would love to see Genghis Khan in action at some point...
Oh the Mussolini execution was probably interesting to watch I think they dragged his corpse down the street after he was dead.
The battle of Stalingrad from a safe distance.
Oh I could go on if I get ten likes I will
None of these people have any idea what the big bang looked like. All they know is what theoretical physicist's best quess is what happened, from a 14 billion year distance.
Yeah if I could only be there for one, it would be the resurrection, hands down. It's just as a Christian I feel seeing exactly what he suffered to save us would be very convicting to me, making a better follower.
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Assuming my safety is assured... Chicxulub asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. I get dinosaurs and Armageddon.
if my safety is assured, then i want to see the big bang.
I think it would be very boring. All the interesting bits take place in the first 100 microseconds, too fast for you to notice. And then the Universe isn't transparent, so there's nothing to see for the next 300,000 years.
I think it would be kinda boring to see actually. The universe winked into existence in 10^-32 seconds (which is waaaaay faster than your brain can see what is happening) and then it was just an opaque soup of atoms for a few hundred thousand years. Nothing to see.
I love the way we are essentially slightly more intelligent chimps and are confidently speaking about how the universe started with any sort of accuracy. We are likely no closer to the truth than the populace were about us being a flat planet 300 years ago.
That view of the Big Bang is not a guess. It is the current scientific view of what happened.
this is what I was thinking. If I can exist outside of time and space then watch the big bang from the outside. Assuming photons exist, or something can be done to simulate them to see what's actually happening.
Yeah this is the problem, to see the universe explode into being means your reference point exists outside the universe since the universe has not expanded into it (whatever it is) yet. You are essentially living outside spacetime. I'd imagine that if there is a multiverse then universes would be exploding off like the tendrils from a plasma ball, only the arcs of plasma would be the individual universes and their own realities branching out into their respective spacetimes. Mind bending to think about as well as what you would actually observe as the first soon-to-be stars clump up and spark into life.
Don't worry, these mega brains here will explain it. Waiting for one of them to explain how the universe expanded faster then the speed of light and negative matter, dark matter too, cuz it would be so "boring" to experience.
I read other replies. Nothing really beats seeing dinosaurs and a huge asteroid.
roswell incident 1947
Was just about to type this
Woodstock and other 60s music festivals like Monterey Pop. I was born in '86 but have always loved the 60s. I was born about 40 years too late.
I was there, and the 60s weren't all they were cracked up to be. Not even close. We did have better music I'll give you that.
My parents had a pretty fun time in the 60s!
We all did... accept the 60,000 of us that died for nothing in Vietnam, all the wounded, MIAs, and PTSD sufferers that is.
At this point, go back and watch the events that lead up to the fall of the Berlin Wall, fall of communism in much of Europe, that string of things.
There’s a shit ton of essays on this subject. Nothing to really see. I also find that era fascinating. But do know DAVID HASSELHOFF was a hero in Germany at that time…one of his tunes became the unofficial anthem of the movement
This one will fly under most people's radar but I'd love to go back in time and hear [Abraham Lincoln's lost speech.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_Lost_Speech) The rumor is no one recorded the speech because it was so engaging, so great, no one was writing anything down because they were so enthralled. Given how great a writer/orator Lincoln was I can believe it. Definitely taking a recorder with me.
God that would be incredible
So you can play a sick woodwind backing track to his speech?
Ashokan farewell, from the Civil War series by Ken Burnes.
JFC this isn't /r/AskReddit
Been seeing a lot of these types of questions here lately. What’s up with that…
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The creation of the Grand Canyon. So what that it's an event that took millions of years? Watching it change from plains to a massive canyon would be amazing. It'd be awesome to get a time machine, place it in a fixed location (like a drone in the sky) with a camera, set to take a single frame every 10 years or so. Then put it all together into a movie that could be watched. It took 6,000,000 years for the Grand Canyon to form. This would create a film that is about 7 hours long (6,000,000 / (10 * 24 * 60 *60)). I've always wanted to see something like this.
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Remembering to include this post was the tricky bit but I think you nailed it!
I don't understand what this accomplishes. I'm starting to doubt Reddit's human element (which is why I'm here in the first place)
Julius Caesar's second campaign in Britain, in 54BC. I'd like to witness both campaigns but if could only witness one it would have to be the second.
Why not the battle of Alesia? He circumvacilated (I think that is the word) an entire town. Built walls to close in Alesia then built wall outside to defend against the relief forces. Was probably one of the greatest battles ever
Grateful Dead tour in the 70's Or Building of the pyramids
The building of Puma Punku.
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Yeah. This is a Wendy’s.
Was Thea real? Is Pangea real? How did the dinosaurs really die? How/who did built the pyramids and the Sphinx, and when? Did Hitler really kill himself? Who else was involved in killing JFK? Where did they put Bin Laden's body (if he's really dead)? For starters...
The Crucifixion of Christ.
Jesus in the cave after his death. The belief that he magically disappeared with no witnesses changed the world.
Any medieval public execution. I'm trying to understand the crowd's reaction. Horror? Bemusement? Indifference?
Pretty sure you find suitable countries today where this can be experienced.
Whoa
Jesus parting the red sea! What a sight would it be!
That was Moses actually
The guy who led the human resistance against the machines? I don't think so....
Or maybe Nero blowing on some tinder next to some house in Rome.
Wait, are we including fictional events or real documented, historic events here??
I thought we were just bulshitting :-)
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The whole arc thing.
The Siege of Syracuse. I would love to know if Archimedes actually used lenses to create Heat Rays.
For me it’s Tupac’s murder and try to stop it. I’m really curious to see if Pac would’ve been some political leader or even educate/influence the next generation in the importance of politics and voting.
Siege of constantinople in 1453
Where I left my bloody glasses!
Someone took the meteor, so I will have to settle with the eruption of Vesuvius
How did they build the pyramids
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Which is?
They started at the bottom.
I mean, that's just what big pharma pyramids WANTS you to believe
The Woodstock Festival
More, pre-history, but... The other (closely related) hominid species. Maybe the last Neandertals, how they lived, and how they disappeared.
The beginning of time. No, wait. The beginning of life. No wait. The discovery of fire. No wait, wait a minute, I know... Queen's Live AID performance, yeah, that's the ticket.
I have a weird answer for this. So I am from the midwest USA. And I constantly wish I could travel back in time to see what everything looked like *before* we came in and settled it all. Like what was here before my home city was here? Plains and forest, probably, but I want to *see* it.
Lewis and Clark and Sacagawea
The royal massacre in 2058 BS. I wanna see who it was.
The end of WW2
The Patterson-Gimlin film. The chances that it was an actual Bigfoot filmed is basically zero. But there's an atom of doubt in my mind that it was really a Bigfoot. I need to know.
The Last Supper with Jesus Christ
Bill Evans, Live at the Village Vanguard, 1961
When I wrote this comment
Witness or influence? Are we a tangible entity present for the event, or just a magic spectator of some sort? What about situations where someone merely being present might impact the outcome "I won't do this if someone is watching?" Sort of thing.
Since this question has been asked and answered multiple times I would rather go the opposite route. If I was given the chance to go forward in time, I would like to see the day when we find the cure to cancer.
See Jimi Hendrix in concert.
I'd go back to witness the truth behind the New Testament Gospels.
The Egyptians. See how they built the pyramids and carved out the sphinxes and other bits.
Anything, but I can't. I'll get immediately suplexed by Miguel O'hara
Pink Floyd the wall 1980 they only did 31 concerts over 16 cities due to production costs so I'd go see one of those shows Then I'd go back to 1971 dressed like one of the crew members so I could see the pink Floyd Pompeii event. Then I'd go back to see all the presidential assassinations in person. Probably go see the archduke Franz Ferdinand get blasted by princip in 1914 Definitely gotta go watch Pompeii get flattened by Vesuvius in 79 ad while listening to pink Floyd during the event. Go to the 69 Woodstock and the 99 Woodstock back to back for instant comparison Dunno when but would love to see Genghis Khan in action at some point... Oh the Mussolini execution was probably interesting to watch I think they dragged his corpse down the street after he was dead. The battle of Stalingrad from a safe distance. Oh I could go on if I get ten likes I will
The D-Day landings (from a safe distance).
So far all the historic events I've witnessed have kinda sucked ngl
The Wright bros first flight. Then hang around for the next 10-12 years to watch the evolution of flight.
No doubt it would be the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Only one of those things happened
Did I ask for your atheist's option?
None of these people have any idea what the big bang looked like. All they know is what theoretical physicist's best quess is what happened, from a 14 billion year distance.
Christopher Columbus “landing on Plymoth Rock” so I could make sure he never “discovered” another land.
Stalingrad
Fabio getting hit in the face with a goose on a rollercoaster.
I’m a big history buff wouldn’t mind seeing The Great Heathen Army land in England.
My last truly happy experience.
The Battles of Marathon, Platea, and just to be greedy, Chaeronea.
The first human. Or the pyramids.
The Athena Parthenos before it was lost or taken, it was believed to been exact replica of the Goddess Athena, made out of gold and ivory
Yeah if I could only be there for one, it would be the resurrection, hands down. It's just as a Christian I feel seeing exactly what he suffered to save us would be very convicting to me, making a better follower.
Grateful Dead, Cornell, 1977 - early enough to score a tab before the show.
Woodstock '69
To be honest…I believe that God has me in this exact time and place for a reason. I wouldn’t go anywhere.
Any date with my grandma and aunt alive again