• Question: Do you think that it is kind of dangerous to travel through time? Or will you be the first to voulenteer?

    Asked by Nadia to Lindsay on 16 May 2015.
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      K. Lindsay Hunter answered on 16 May 2015:


      WOW. I think that might be the super-secret question I’ve been waiting to be asked, but didn’t even know it!

      I’m actually a GINORMOUS “Doctor Who” fan, so I do actually think about time travel fairly often. I do think that there’s a fair possibility that humans traveling back and forwards through time any other way than the “long way round” that we normally do, has the potential for a lot of harmful meddling. Part of the problem is that there is a high likelihood that the people that would be able to access the technology would be those with wealth and/or power, and would now have the possibility to manipulate past and future events to put them in even greater power. I’d like to think that people would use the technology for good, but I think our track record, unfortunately, shows that we are easily tempted to use our power for selfish means.

      But for myself, SIGN ME UP! You can watch “Doctor Who” to see what kind of adventures I hope that I’d have (my favorite companions are Rose and Clara): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

      As an interesting aside: Did you know that “Doctor Who” started as an educational program designed to teach kids about history and science?

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