From: mdhangton@gmail.com

On Friday, May 2, 2014 3:05:39 AM UTC-4, Jymesion wrote:
> One scenario I keep returning to involves a Chronoscope. (One of the
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> reasons I can't let it go is because it seems to be full of
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> possibilities, but I've never found a decent story to write involving
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> one.) I long ago concluded that it'd be incredibly boring punctuated
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> with moments of intense excitement.
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> Imagine it -- you've invented a device that let's you look back in
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> time.
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> And then imagine what you'd do with it.
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> Great historical finds! Yeah, except no one would believe you unless
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> you revealed the details of its construction so other people could
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> verify that it's real and it works as you claim.
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> Once others know how to build one, what do they need you for? You'd
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> become nothing but a footnote, just like the people who develeped the
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> Xerox machine and the transistor.
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Shockley is well-remembered for his Nobel Laureate sperm bank and similar
insane eugenics shit.
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> I, at least, would use it first to gain wealth. Lost treasures come to
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> mind first.
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Your government will send assassins to kill you when it realizes that you can
uncover its lies.

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