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I think that it very well could be possible. Time is a tricky thing. Have you ever heard about the thing (I don't know its name, or even if it has one) where if one was to orbit the earth at or near light speed (I doubt we'll ever have the technology to get to light speed), time passes more quickly on Earth? So you'd return and it could be thirty years into the future, and you'd only be aged a tiny bit. I have no idea about going back in time though. I'll have to read up on this. I think even if there was a way, humans as we know them wouldn't be able to master it. I don't think we'll ever truly understand the universe either.

I'm off to read. xd

Well, if you read the book Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony, then you know what paradox in time travel would be like. sweatdrop man, is that a confusing book...

But on topic, I am actually fair neutral on this. I think it maybe possible, but will we (mankind in general) ever discover how? Most likely not.

I believe that the theroy proposed by Nucleotide is the Theroy of Relativity. Meaning that relative to the person moving at near light speed, time indeed speeds up on Earth. But to everyone else, (at least on Earth. Don't go into the what if someone on another planet, with its own rotation spin, is watching. At least, not yet.) time has not changed, but the person moving at near light speed seems to have "popped" out of time for however many years.

The solution to that? "Free", also known as switching from intertia to lack there of. Used in the sci-fi series called Lensmen, by swtiching to free space travel, or moving though space by removing the intertia from their craft, they can move faster than the speed of light, without the side affect of time changing, relative to everyone. Is that more possible than gaining speed of light? I believe so.

Ah, but remember. Paradox. If they traveled back in time, undoubtable, there would be rules.

No interacting with those belonging in that time.
If you must interact, do not divulge information on the future.
Stay in the following areas.
Take this pill, so if you have sex with anyone, you won't produce children. That would throw off the normal timeline.

And so on and so forth. See how confusing it could be? And besides, maybe you are the product of a time travel gone wrong. O_O

Yeah, but even with said rules, remember the butterfly effect. A butterfly flaps his wings, and there's a storm on the other side of the world. So, if we even interact with someone in the past, we never know what the consequences of our actions would be, good or bad. We may even cease to exist! O.O

I suppose that would work, but that would discourage many people from even attempting time travel, for isn't the main reason most people want to go back is to undo some horrific event, or try to rig the past to make the outcome better for themselves? I highly doubt many people would go for purely educational purposes...

P.S. I like this guild, too. It's the first time someone has really, really taken me seriously! ^^

ooh, burn!

nah, it's cool. I do that with my friends all the time.
but yeah, time travel is very confuzzling. I think that, when we finally do get time travel capabilities, the world will end about five minutes after the first travel.

This is an interesting point, considering most of the human race is incredibly selfish... They probably wouldn't follow strict time-travel rules, and therefore only trusted scientists could time-travel, for the safety of life as we know it! If people just walked into the past, imagine what some of them would do. Wreak havoc is all I can think of.

On a lighter note, I think everyone in this guild (considering we all most likely have an IQ higher than the average of 100), would have the chance to time-travel if it was given to us. It would probably be a really important and difficult, yet very fun job to have.

I don't know if any of you understand what I'm trying to say about travelling in time being a vocation... (NOT a vacation...) If you do, good! I hope you share my insights. Hehe. =]