StarTalk Radio Past, Present, Future: Time Travel with Brian Greene
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Dec 24, 2024 
Join Brian Greene, a renowned physicist and author from Columbia University, as he explores the intriguing world of time travel. He humorously analyzes whether Ebenezer Scrooge experienced a wormhole. The conversation dives into the relationship between motion, gravity, and time, revealing time's subjective nature. The philosophical dilemmas of free will versus predestination also take center stage, alongside entertaining critiques of Hollywood’s time travel portrayals. Prepare for fascinating insights into black holes, multiverse theory, and the nature of existence!
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Photon Time
- Photons, lacking mass, experience time differently.
- From our perspective, they move forward in time, but from their hypothetical perspective, time is irrelevant.
Time Travel Police
- Policing time travel is unnecessary if the past is unchangeable.
- If changes are possible, then regulation is crucial.
Time Travel Movies
- Brian Greene appeared briefly in the time travel movie Frequency.
- He suggests Interstellar best depicts time travel's effects, with accurate relativity.
