There is no time. What is time? It is merely a measurement of motion. A day is merely the one full rotation of the earth. A year is merely one full revolution of our planet around the sun. There is no time. There is only motion.
Time is something that we cannot move back, because in the first place, there is no time. If we had the power to reverse the revolution of the earth around the sun by thrusting it the other way around, that would not change anything. That would not rewind events on our planet like a video played from end to start. It would simply move the earth the other way around and screw up our mathematical equations.
If we slowed down the speed of revolution of the earth around the sun, would that slow time too? If we used the same mathematical equations, apparently yes, but only under the false assumption that the same values for those mathematical equations would hold true. But they wouldn't. The values would change. Yet nothing, in reality, will change. No slowing down of events.
Time is the measurement of motion. When that motion stops, it doesn't mean that time (or reality, for that matter) stops. It only means we have to find some other consistent form of motion to measure time by.
In reality, there is no past, present, or future that we can jump to or jump from, then decide to go back to later. We can only do that in our memory. There only IS. And IS. And IS. There is only the NOW. In reality, there is no linear connection, or a line that branches to many lines to map out all the possibilities. In reality, there only is a single point. The now. The linear connection, or the branching of many lines that represent the possibilities exist only in our memories. Whatever we think of, even if it's of the future, it exists only in our memory.
The only way you can move back through time is in illusion. Consider this scenario. The moon is a couple of seconds in light speed away. That is, it is a couple of light seconds away. If you peeked through a powerful telescope and someone waved from the moon to you (on earth), then it would take a couple of seconds before you'll see that he is waving.
Now, imagine placing yourself on a far galaxy right now, millions of light years away and looking through a very very powerful telescope to watch earth. You would see earth the way it was a million years ago! The same way that you would see the light of a star even if it was long dead, you would also see the events even though they were long past. If it is at all possible to travel faster than light, and if there is such a powerful equipment that could see clearly in the light years of distance, then it might be possible to reconstruct the history of the earth.
In this sense, light holds the data. In a manner of speaking, light holds the memory.
Now, let's take another scenario. Imagine that you do have the power to travel exactly at the speed of light. Imagine yourself traveling away from the earth, while facing the earth and looking through a powerful telescope. You would then see a still picture of the earth. The picture would remain the same as long as you travel at the speed of light. That's because if you're traveling at exactly the speed of light, then you would see the same light particles. Similarly, a friend from the earth looking at you would see a still image of you until you slow down.
With this, there is no such thing as being preserved, or your life being prolonged when you travel at the speed of light while other people who remain stationary age and die. It is because the preservation, or the stasis, is only apparent. It is only in illusion. It is only in what we see.
In the same way that we still see a star that has died a long while, we will also see the same person traveling at exactly the speed of light still apparently young and alive, when in reality, the person has already aged and maybe even died.
Back to the past. Now, imagine moving away from the earth at FASTER than the speed of light. What would the earth look like to you then? It would look like the events are being played in rewind!!! You would be looking at the world unfolding backwards. The farther you are away from the earth traveling at faster than light speed, the farther you go into the earth's past!
But this does not mean that you are traveling backwards in time. It only means that you are looking at the particles of light that holds the image of the past.
Conclusion. There is no preservation or stasis when traveling at the speed of light. There is no such thing as time travel to the past. Maybe if you found a way of preserving yourself, then you could consider it as time travel to the 'future'.
Time is something that we cannot move back, because in the first place, there is no time. If we had the power to reverse the revolution of the earth around the sun by thrusting it the other way around, that would not change anything. That would not rewind events on our planet like a video played from end to start. It would simply move the earth the other way around and screw up our mathematical equations.
If we slowed down the speed of revolution of the earth around the sun, would that slow time too? If we used the same mathematical equations, apparently yes, but only under the false assumption that the same values for those mathematical equations would hold true. But they wouldn't. The values would change. Yet nothing, in reality, will change. No slowing down of events.
Time is the measurement of motion. When that motion stops, it doesn't mean that time (or reality, for that matter) stops. It only means we have to find some other consistent form of motion to measure time by.
In reality, there is no past, present, or future that we can jump to or jump from, then decide to go back to later. We can only do that in our memory. There only IS. And IS. And IS. There is only the NOW. In reality, there is no linear connection, or a line that branches to many lines to map out all the possibilities. In reality, there only is a single point. The now. The linear connection, or the branching of many lines that represent the possibilities exist only in our memories. Whatever we think of, even if it's of the future, it exists only in our memory.
The only way you can move back through time is in illusion. Consider this scenario. The moon is a couple of seconds in light speed away. That is, it is a couple of light seconds away. If you peeked through a powerful telescope and someone waved from the moon to you (on earth), then it would take a couple of seconds before you'll see that he is waving.
Now, imagine placing yourself on a far galaxy right now, millions of light years away and looking through a very very powerful telescope to watch earth. You would see earth the way it was a million years ago! The same way that you would see the light of a star even if it was long dead, you would also see the events even though they were long past. If it is at all possible to travel faster than light, and if there is such a powerful equipment that could see clearly in the light years of distance, then it might be possible to reconstruct the history of the earth.
In this sense, light holds the data. In a manner of speaking, light holds the memory.
Now, let's take another scenario. Imagine that you do have the power to travel exactly at the speed of light. Imagine yourself traveling away from the earth, while facing the earth and looking through a powerful telescope. You would then see a still picture of the earth. The picture would remain the same as long as you travel at the speed of light. That's because if you're traveling at exactly the speed of light, then you would see the same light particles. Similarly, a friend from the earth looking at you would see a still image of you until you slow down.
With this, there is no such thing as being preserved, or your life being prolonged when you travel at the speed of light while other people who remain stationary age and die. It is because the preservation, or the stasis, is only apparent. It is only in illusion. It is only in what we see.
In the same way that we still see a star that has died a long while, we will also see the same person traveling at exactly the speed of light still apparently young and alive, when in reality, the person has already aged and maybe even died.
Back to the past. Now, imagine moving away from the earth at FASTER than the speed of light. What would the earth look like to you then? It would look like the events are being played in rewind!!! You would be looking at the world unfolding backwards. The farther you are away from the earth traveling at faster than light speed, the farther you go into the earth's past!
But this does not mean that you are traveling backwards in time. It only means that you are looking at the particles of light that holds the image of the past.
Conclusion. There is no preservation or stasis when traveling at the speed of light. There is no such thing as time travel to the past. Maybe if you found a way of preserving yourself, then you could consider it as time travel to the 'future'.