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Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I don’t think you’ve thought through your question. The machine was open in both time periods. The machine was turned off after the information was given. There’s nothing more to happen.

I get what you’re trying to say, but it doesn’t really apply to the scenario you are describing.

I saw a better version of what you are attempting to present: a scientist has a button that transports an object back in time by 5 seconds. An apple is tested successfully, it appears 5 seconds before he pushes the button and when he pushes the button the original disappears. They try it with a live mouse but something goes wrong; when it appears it’s horribly disfigured and this scares the scientist who pulls away from pushing the button. The mouse has already appeared but he will not press the button. Now what happens?

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dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Looks like somebody has read the long jaunt by Stephen King

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- Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Actually that was from Das Jesus Video (aka The Hunt for the Hidden Relic)
  
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  - dickalan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    That’s cool, if you find that interesting you should also check out that short story by Stephen King, I love a good horror story butI’m not easily scared but this one is actually scary
    
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Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Now what happens?

The disfigured mouse must come from “somewhere”, or rather from sometime.

The logical explanation is: later he has developed his button further, for a longer time jump (and maybe for some other improvement that gave him better confidence) and then he tried it “again”.

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