Go back and destroy religion.
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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I want to say leave a modern computer or some other piece of technology at some point in time (maybe 50's) but I'm not sure if it could be reversed engineered
Even if it had infinite power and was unbreakable, it would end up being fought over and coveted as holy relic, instead of being played with and studied
Hardly. The miniaturization required to make modern chips is ages ahead of anything possible in the 50s or 60s. Hell, them even getting some x-ray microscope to see the stupidly small transistors we have today would be a challenge in itself!
id give the taino a flak cannon to shoot at colombus
Bring a time machine with you and teach ancient Egyptians how to use it
i'd write everything shakespeare did before he did
I've always wondered about this kind of theory. If I stole and published Harry Potter before JK Rowling will it be as successful? If I do the beatles' songs before them will they be a hit?
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i'd go kill all the tiktaalik or maybe whatever the first common ancestor eukaryotes were
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I'd love to see Socrates as modern day politician
You should hitch a ride with Bill and Ted
I'd bring a universal encyclopedia to the mesopotamians.
Avoid cocaine Limit my drinking Focus in school better instead of partying Go therapy Been patient enough to grow a meaningful relationship with someone special but I was too egoistical to see it then Learn music Workout and not gain weight from excessive drinking and eating
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Ending the first living cell on earth. If we are alone in the universe, preventing life from forming would do the most to change the timeline.
By doing that you would leave behind so many new and much more complex cells (modern bacteria, yeas, maybe even spores) You would probably boost evolution by millions of years!