There’s an actual physics theory that there’s only one atom in the entire universe. It goes from the beginning of time all the way to the end, and then bounces so it travels backward to the beginning of time, bounces again to go forward to the end of time, where it bounces back again… You get the idea. It’s done this so many quintillions of times it now makes up everything in the universe.
The first half does sound like a legit cool idea for a novel or a movie, if fleshed out enough.
The second half I’ve heard suggested several times before, and it’s an interesting idea to consider on the philosophical side of things, but ultimately, story-wise, it doesn’t change all that much, because from the perspective of the character, it’s still pretty much amounts to your run-of-the-mill reincarnation, functionally.
I suppose the one thing I could point out that T-Rex is conveniently overlooking is that reincarnation is typically portrayed with the person not remembering much, if anything, of their previous lives, which would make it hard for some of these scenarios to play out. What good would being a reincarnated agent trying to change history if you can’t remember all of the details of your assignment when reincarnated for it? Though I suppose that could be part of the story, the agent having to try and recall the details enough to correctly carry out the assignment before your enemies that would stop you can do likewise…
Ed The Red Premium Member about 3 years ago
There’s an actual physics theory that there’s only one atom in the entire universe. It goes from the beginning of time all the way to the end, and then bounces so it travels backward to the beginning of time, bounces again to go forward to the end of time, where it bounces back again… You get the idea. It’s done this so many quintillions of times it now makes up everything in the universe.
scyphi26 about 3 years ago
The first half does sound like a legit cool idea for a novel or a movie, if fleshed out enough.
The second half I’ve heard suggested several times before, and it’s an interesting idea to consider on the philosophical side of things, but ultimately, story-wise, it doesn’t change all that much, because from the perspective of the character, it’s still pretty much amounts to your run-of-the-mill reincarnation, functionally.
I suppose the one thing I could point out that T-Rex is conveniently overlooking is that reincarnation is typically portrayed with the person not remembering much, if anything, of their previous lives, which would make it hard for some of these scenarios to play out. What good would being a reincarnated agent trying to change history if you can’t remember all of the details of your assignment when reincarnated for it? Though I suppose that could be part of the story, the agent having to try and recall the details enough to correctly carry out the assignment before your enemies that would stop you can do likewise…