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Time Machines + Appollonius Of Tyana – the 'Was He A Superhuman?' theory

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Time Machines - substantive revision Tue Mar 29, 2016
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/time-machine/

EXCERPT: Recent years have seen a growing consensus in the philosophical community that the grandfather paradox and similar logical puzzles do not preclude the possibility of time travel scenarios that utilize spacetimes containing closed timelike curves. At the same time, physicists, who for half a century acknowledged that the general theory of relativity is compatible with such spacetimes, have intensely studied the question whether the operation of a time machine would be admissible in the context of the same theory and of its quantum cousins. A time machine is a device which brings about closed timelike curves—and thus enables time travel—where none would have existed otherwise. The physics literature contains various no-go theorems for time machines, i.e., theorems which purport to establish that, under physically plausible assumptions, the operation of a time machine is impossible. We conclude that for the time being there exists no conclusive no-go theorem against time machines. The character of the material covered in this article makes it inevitable that its content is of a rather technical nature. We contend, however, that philosophers should nevertheless be interested in this literature for at least two reasons. First, the topic of time machines leads to a number of interesting foundations issues in classical and quantum theories of gravity; and second, philosophers can contribute to the topic by clarifying what it means for a device to count as a time machine, by relating the debate to other concerns such as Penrose’s cosmic censorship conjecture and the fate of determinism in general relativity theory, and by eliminating a number of confusions regarding the status of the paradoxes of time travel. The present article addresses these ambitions in as non-technical a manner as possible, and the reader is referred to the relevant physics literature for details....



Unravelling The Mystery Of Appollonius Of Tyana – Was He A Superhuman?
http://www.messagetoeagle.com/unravellin...uperhuman/

EXCERPT: From early age it was clear that he was not an ordinary child. He had remarkable unknown powers and he claimed to be immortal. Ancient records say he was a superhuman… It is still unknown how and where he actually died. For a very long time he was considered to be a rival to Jesus and he was a threat to Christianity… Appollonius of Tyana, also known as the wandering philosopher was a fascinating personality of the ancient world. He has often been compared to Jesus of Nazareth because both were born and lived at the same time. Additionally, both manifested similar powers and taught compassion to mankind. As we are about to find out, Appollonius was in many ways a man not of this world…
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