that could be fascinating.

we have between 1 and 7% neanderthal in our dna

The way I would look at it is, you had a good life before you left, you added to life by becoming 20 again so even if you died 25 to 30 years later you still lived a good long life.

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I'm not sure how that would work, according to everything I've read you would pop into existence before spacetime. I suppose by doing that you could become the big bang and be the creator of the universe.

And according to everything I've read, you can't travel back in time. Do paradoxes cancel?

You might see paradise but if I were a betting man, I would guess it would fall far short of that.

Actually what I would like to see is where technology is going to go in, lets say, 200 years.... That I would love to see !!!

Curious question, if you were standing alone in front of baby Adolph's crib would you be able to muster the pyschological strength to snuff out that babies life knowing what the future holds if you didn't? I don't know if I could or if I should. Too many what ifs.

@paul1967 I know you weren't asking me, but in order to summon the strength, I would only need to picture what I saw when I visited Dachau, The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds in Nuremburg and the Shoah / Holocaust museums in Washington DC, Paris and a number of other cities. Of course, one might think to kidnap little Adolf, and bring him 'back to the future.' ...could present an interesting 'nature vs. nurture' case study.

Killing the 3rd pope would have saved many more lives.

Yad Vashem the memorial to the 6 Million from all the camps did it for me 40 years ago. I will never forget those cases of teeth, hair, eyeglasses, wedding rings, and toys displayed like corpses were a commodity they stripped of all dignity. One reminder of that and I could do it.

@pnullifidian Adolph's wasn't always the sinister monster he became. He started out as an artist and had he been a better artist I think we would have just had someone else. I'm not sure if killing Adolph would be for the best. WHAT IF someone else had taken his place who was a little less impulsive. What if you killed Adolph and returned to discover Germany had won the war because Heinrich Himmler stepped forward as the leader of the Nazi party or someone with more military savviness. In all likelihood killing Hitler as an infant would not stop the future. We know what happened with Hitler we would be gambling with changing history.

still think I would do it to save all those lives. I suppose killing all of them-attempts were made-would have been the answer.

@paul1967 Please refer to my initial posts below regarding my disregard for the time travel paradox, the issue of 'key man theory' vs. 'grass roots' view of history, and Hitler in general. Bottom line, it's a thought experiment, you get one shot at it, and judging from the responses, it seems you either pick a time and place for self fulfillment and fun, or you choose to make a positive change, based on the historical record.

@azzow2 True, but Hitler hits much too close to home, if you catch my drift.