The First Time Machine
My friend Rob sent this article to me, and rightfully described it as “some crazy ass shit” (I believe that should be ‘crazy-ass shit’…otherwise, it’s unclear whether ‘crazy’ describes ‘ass’ or ‘shit’). It could be a total fabrication, or it could actually be a legitimate article about a physicist who may be building the first time machine:
In a further experiment that Mallett has considered, two identical samples of a radioactive substance could be put into the center of the ring, one going in the direction of the beam. The other in the opposite direction. Since radioactivity decays at a measurable rate, it would be possible to measure, in effect, the time that both particles had experienced within the beam. If the time proves to be different, then time will have been measurably altered. Eventually, says Mallett, “what would be neat is if you saw another neutron in there that you hadn’t introduced yet.” In essence, the same neutron “visiting itself from the future.”
The article goes on to describe ‘The Grandfather Paradox’ and then cites Back to the Future–which doesn’t really help its credibility.
MARTY: Doc, are you telling me you built a time machine…out of a Delorean?
DOC: The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
While writing this entry, I received a spam email with the subject line ‘Time To Change Your Future!’ Hmm…sounds like an excellent opening to a B-movie.
Rob 
