Back from Chicago
I’m back from the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Chicago. There were 15,000 chemists there, with endless events, awards (our Chem Club (well, Student Affiliate Chapter) earned “Commendable” (place 2 out of 3)), and a whole pile of food. Plus, Chicago is a pretty neat place. McCormick Place is huge (how does 2.2 million square feet of space strike you?).
So, now I’m back at the grindstone, grinding away. Really grinding. It’s nuts over here, and it probably will be throughout April. But have no fear, at some point we’ll sort out that mess of the latest edition of 5 Questions. In the meantime, I hope everyone had a wonderful spring break.
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Nils
I haven’t had my spring break yet. Ha!
Justin Gehring
Either have I… Come to think of it… I’m not sure i ever had my spring break last year either…
Something is very fishy here… Maybe it’s a predestination paradox, and I’m supposed to go back and time to enjoy the spring break I didn’t have the first time around, but to protect myself, I had to throw my previous self forward a week such that my present self wouldn’t run into my past self.
Nils +1
Atleast you successfully avoided the Grandfather paradox when your future self went back in time and displaced your past self forward a week. You could have accidentally bumped into and messed up the future of your past self, therefore having immediate ramifications on your future/present self. But consider this: if you only missed spring break last year because your future self placed you ahead one week, what happened to the original Justin that caused him to miss spring break to begin with. Where do you fit in the chain of past, present and future Justins? Why did you mess with time to begin with?
Alex, we need a post on time traveling FAQ’s as soon as possible. I think we have unearthed some pressing questions.
Justin Gehring
According to a note I left myself, the reason my future self decided to tamper with the timeline we are all now on, was because during his timeline, the existence of me during the week known as ‘spring break’ lead to nuclear war.
I can’t explain how or why… Just that somehow, I both caused, and saved the world (twice) from nuclear winter.
I agree… We need more time about time.