Darth Vader and Doris Day would make a good couple – they both believe the future is fixed. And if that is the case, the need for time travel may be under question.
Que sera sera – Whatever will be will be.
Or as Darth Vader said…It is your destiny.
The future is fixed. You can’t change it. Get a grip and deal with it. Que sera sera. Whatever will be will be.
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The sentiment behind que sera sera seems to be in line with one of the golden rules of time travel; that the past cannot be changed.
What has been, has been.
If the past cannot be changed, and the future is set, one might argue what is the point of time travel? Indeed, a philosophical question.
Maybe time travel is just there for the observational voyeuristic element.
That would certainly account for the lack of time travellers seen wandering amongst our hours and minutes of the present…although the Star Trek “Prime Directive” which nuttles down to respecting non-interaction between those who can and can’t, rears the silent head of a big brother who’s watching over us.
But would observation be good enough? Why travel through time when all we can do is hear and see but not do anything? What good is waking up and smelling the coffee if we can’t take a swig and truly experience the taste of it?
Then again, Luke Skywalker didn’t follow the destiny as described by Vader, did he?
Maybe we can control the future, even without a time machine.
Just wondering…
Paul
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