Matt Grimaldi wrote:
...
> > It depends what model of time travel you are using.
> > I like a multiple worlds interpretation, since there are no
> > paradoxes in it.
> > Heinlein's ship goes back, destroys the other ship's
> > factory, and goes forward again. Now it is on a line without
> > the other ship. But from the other ship's point of view,
> > Heinlein's ship goes back and never returns (i.e. disappears).
> > That sounds like a draw, at best.
> >
> > ---David
> >
>
> If we involve time travel and other near-infinite
> improbabilities, why not count the Heart of Gold?
> Not only could it reduce any opposing ship to
> never-existence, it can also shape the universe
> into whatever form you desire.
>
> -- Matt
Not sure what book it's from.
I still say that "changing the universe" should count
as a draw. In a multiple worlds interpretation, it's really
no better than running away.
The only winner is the one that stays and fights!
---David
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