• Question: is temperal displacement a real thing

    Asked by anon-258592 on 10 Jul 2020.
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      Tetrienne Kerswell-Box answered on 10 Jul 2020:

      Yes I can be. For example there have been studies on seals and porpoise that have been displaced from a feeding ground when an offshore wind farm was being constructed, however once the noise that was created that displaced them (they generally don’t like loud noises) has finished, they have been shown to return to these feeding areas. In other words the food available was so good that they had to come back once the stressor (the noise) was over.

      There’s also been lots of anecdotal evidence (what people have observed, but no scientific evidence) that the Corona Virus lockdown has allowed animals to move back or explore areas they otherwise wouldn’t have, due to human presence / disturbance.

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      Emma Thorpe answered on 16 Jul 2020:

      Time travel – a great science question, and often a subject of discussion for physicists. Especially as tv and movies like to revisit it so often. Scientists have done experiments where photons (single particles of light) have been made that have interacted with their older selves. But it doesn’t prove it would be possible for physical objects (yet). https://physicsworld.com/a/photons-simulate-time-travel-in-the-lab/

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