John-Titor-Interview.. - American Antigravity

something you want to believe that has so many negative aspects to it. To stay sane, you
have to find a reason to discount it.
AAG: Now it seems that the best way to provide validation for the Titor story comes
from matching up historical facts with the original claims over a period of time. Titor
himself was vague about a lot of historical details, but nonetheless made a insinuations
about the future, and even a few outright predictions. Can you outline a few of them for
us, and tell us how they're holding up in the 5 years since this story first appeared?
Oliver: I'm not sure I agree that validation of time travel should be based on the
accuracy of future events. Imagine you have a time machine. At four in the afternoon,
you're standing on a street corner in the rain. Your friend drives past you and has a car
accident. You decide to use your time machine and go back twenty-four hours to warn
him. You call your friend and tell him it will rain tomorrow and that he'll have a car accident
at four. Predicting rain isn't seen as a big deal and your friend decides not to go driving
thus avoiding the accident. Now your prediction is false. Is that proof you didn't travel in
time? Aren't situations like this the reason we want a time machine?
As far as John is concerned, yes, he did make a series of statements which could be
considered predictions. Some he was very right about while others are more questionable
or confusing. John talked about not finding WMDs in Iraq before the war started, trouble
with the space shuttle, advances with viruses in treating cancer, the spread of Internet
based entertainment and wireless technology, the arrival and danger of mad cow disease
in the US, civil war in the United States, and many others.
AAG: Well before the presidential election in 2000, Titor had raised some questions
about how the public would feel if the results of the election were disputed. He also
insinuated that civil war would begin to erupt in 2005, and that a full-out shooting-war
would exist in the USA by 2008. Can you tell us about these civil unrest predictions, leading
up to his claim of nuclear war in 2015? Also, would it be fair to say that he gained a boost
in popularity after the disputed 2000 election?
Oliver: John did strike a cord with people by discussing the election and civil war in the
United States but I don't think I'm able to get in John's head and explain what we meant.
He may have been trying to warn us not to go driving at four o'clock. On the other hand, it
is interesting to note that John's posts about civil war seem remarkably accurate when you
replace the words United States with Iraq.
AAG: On a personal note, I had a healthy skepticism about the Titor story until 2003,
when I was literally stunned to see an issue of Scientific American on the news-stand
talking about the new CERN particle-collider being able to generate charge-based microsingularities
(black holes) when it goes online in 2007. Is the science all coming together
on-schedule to make Titor's prediction of a time-travel device plausible?
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