September 8, 2016
Original: Time Travel Thesis (1716)
Two people are talking.
Left: I've been reading about time travel.
Right: Cool! I did my thesis on time travel!
Left: Nice! So you know about closed timelike curves?
Right: Yup. Thesis.
Left: Apparently wormholes can use exotic matter to—
Right: I know. Like I said—
Something goes "BZZZZT!" on the left side of the panel.
Another person appears on the left, with futuristic goggles.
New person: Those ideas are from the 20th century. I told you to study history instead of just playing VR all the time!
The new person and the person originally on the left have gone; the person on the right is just standing there.
Title text: Do you have self-driving cars yet, or are you still using horse-drawn carriages? Has the Mars colony declared independence yet? Have you heard of this thing called "electricity"?