Prez
Chrono Cadet
Spitballing some things here and starting to develop a plan, as we're in a unique period.
I recommend everyone see at least one total solar eclipse in their lifetime. If you could only ever do one & you're in the US....this is the one.
April 8 is the Great American Eclipse 2.
It's not a stretch to say that this one is even more special than the last one, not just because there won't be another until 2044.
Eclipses are known fixed points. All universes agree on that.
Why are they fixed points? Because orbital mechanics is mostly trivial, and the amount of effort that would be involved in trying to change it in the slightest is even more significant than the effort required for multiversal traveling. So any civilization that's not Type 3 has no chance of ever changing it.
So you can't change when the eclipses happen, but you can forecast every eclipse with 99.999% certainty for the foreseeable future.
We're in an election year as well. Elections, of course, are not quite fixed points. But they're really really hard to cancel. Thus, they're predictable anchor points, and the ability to change an outcome is proportional to the number of eligible voters. Nowhere near impossible though.
Anyway, my plan is to head on up to Erie PA this year and capture some lightning under the eclipse. I've got a small group coming with me from all over the world. But before anyone gets twisted about the "capture some lightning" I'd just explain further that my intent is to artificially create fulgurite (not time traveling) in the ~4 minutes of darkness. The fulgurite would be a gift to other chasers.
I recommend everyone see at least one total solar eclipse in their lifetime. If you could only ever do one & you're in the US....this is the one.
April 8 is the Great American Eclipse 2.
It's not a stretch to say that this one is even more special than the last one, not just because there won't be another until 2044.
Eclipses are known fixed points. All universes agree on that.
Why are they fixed points? Because orbital mechanics is mostly trivial, and the amount of effort that would be involved in trying to change it in the slightest is even more significant than the effort required for multiversal traveling. So any civilization that's not Type 3 has no chance of ever changing it.
So you can't change when the eclipses happen, but you can forecast every eclipse with 99.999% certainty for the foreseeable future.
We're in an election year as well. Elections, of course, are not quite fixed points. But they're really really hard to cancel. Thus, they're predictable anchor points, and the ability to change an outcome is proportional to the number of eligible voters. Nowhere near impossible though.
Anyway, my plan is to head on up to Erie PA this year and capture some lightning under the eclipse. I've got a small group coming with me from all over the world. But before anyone gets twisted about the "capture some lightning" I'd just explain further that my intent is to artificially create fulgurite (not time traveling) in the ~4 minutes of darkness. The fulgurite would be a gift to other chasers.