Description
Professor Ronald Mallett presents his revolutionary theory for building an actual time machine using rotating laser light and Einstein's relativity principles. Could the dream of time travel finally become scientific reality? Mallett explains his deeply personal motivation for pursuing time travel research, stemming from a childhood desire to warn his father about his impending death. The discussion explores the theoretical physics behind time manipulation, including how rotating light beams could create the spacetime distortions necessary for temporal displacement. Mallett reveals the practical challenges of constructing a working time machine and the energy requirements that currently make the technology unfeasible. The conversation examines the paradoxes inherent in time travel, from the grandfather paradox to the potential for creating alternate timelines. Art and Mallett delve into the philosophical implications of time travel and how it would fundamentally alter human understanding of causality and free will. The episode features detailed explanations of Einstein's theories and how they provide the mathematical framework for time manipulation. Mallett's research represents a serious scientific approach to a concept long relegated to science fiction, bringing humanity closer to unlocking the mysteries of temporal mechanics.