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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:06:51 PM EDT
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Memorize past eclipse dates before going back. Predict major historical events with great accuracy. Take Wi-Fi with me and my iPhone.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:07:21 PM EDT
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I'd show them my circumcised penis and my teeth.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:08:13 PM EDT
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Memorize past eclipse dates before going back. Predict major historical events with great accuracy. Take Wi-Fi with me and my iPhone. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:11:45 PM EDT
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Well, am I transported with whatever I have on me?
In that case I have a phone full of pictures and videos even without internet. I have a 9mm pistol using cased ammo. I have a multi tool made of stainless steel. I have a wallet with photos. Any of these things alone should impress a monarch in the 1600s. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:12:41 PM EDT
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A completely pointless question, you would be seized, accused of sorcery and witchcraft and probably executed case closed.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:13:23 PM EDT
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A completely pointless question, you would be seized, accused of sorcery and witchcraft and probably executed case closed. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:13:33 PM EDT
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I don't know because history before 1775 isnt important.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:14:42 PM EDT
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A completely pointless question, you would be seized, accused of sorcery and witchcraft and probably executed case closed. You would be sent to the gallows |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:14:53 PM EDT
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The 1600s were a shitty time for witches (accused or otherwise) in Europe. If you were stuck there, it'd probably be best to not rock the boat, ya know.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:16:32 PM EDT
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Nothing too wild. Don't want to be accused of witchcraft.
Probably knowledge of modern firearms and munitions, etc. Warfare shit would make you a valuable man. Throw in some engine and mechanical knowledge that is easily understood and demonstrated. After I established my bona fides as a "scientist" I would branch out into medical stuff. Got to go gradually. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:17:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:18:26 PM EDT
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Nevah ben dun befo... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:18:31 PM EDT
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I know a lot of modern chemistry so I would be burned as a witch at the stake.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:18:55 PM EDT
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1632 - Eric Flint
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:19:19 PM EDT
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Jump start the industrial age with water power.
Design the minie rifle and a training program for light infantry and riflemen. Invent the percussion cap and caplock rifle. Small pox inoculation Sterilization of wounds with alcohol. Start a semaphore system for communication. Hell, invent paper currency, start a bubble, get rich and flee to Switzerland.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:20:08 PM EDT
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1632 - Eric Flint |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:21:00 PM EDT
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Jump start the industrial age with water power. Design the minie rifle and a training program for light infantry and riflemen. Invent the percussion cap and caplock rifle. Small pox inoculation Sterilization of wounds with alcohol. Start a semaphore system for communication. Hell, invent paper currency, start a bubble, get rich and flee to Switzerland. The minie ball is outstanding. You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though? |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:22:20 PM EDT
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The Boat Of A Million Years.
Hanno's audience with Cardinal Richelieu is fascinating. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:23:08 PM EDT
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Nevah ben dun befo... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:24:01 PM EDT
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Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:25:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The water power thing is pretty good; unsure if in common use at that time. The minie ball is outstanding. You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though? It's a common misconception that the people back then were dumb. They were not. They just didn't have the mountains of established science and discoveries that we have to stand on. The discovery process was slow. If you could jump start that, very smart people would work on the ideas. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:26:29 PM EDT
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The water power thing is pretty good; unsure if in common use at that time. The minie ball is outstanding. You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Jump start the industrial age with water power. Design the minie rifle and a training program for light infantry and riflemen. Invent the percussion cap and caplock rifle. Small pox inoculation Sterilization of wounds with alcohol. Start a semaphore system for communication. Hell, invent paper currency, start a bubble, get rich and flee to Switzerland. The minie ball is outstanding. You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though?
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:26:54 PM EDT
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Random deep thought of the evening... If you were transported back in time to 17th century Europe, and were brought before the king/queen/ruler, what skills/knowledge could you share that would prove you were from the future? Before anyone asks, the OP is stone cold sober; this random thought came to me while jogging this morning. Ready...go. Edit: You're going with no prior notice, and you arrive naked as Arnold in the opening of T2. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:27:35 PM EDT
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Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:27:53 PM EDT
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I could eat sootikens like popcorn.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:27:56 PM EDT
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You'd be killed in some horrible way for being a witch.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:28:06 PM EDT
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I'd bring a lot of soap and deodorant
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:28:10 PM EDT
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You'd be killed in some horrible way for being a witch. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:28:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though? |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:28:37 PM EDT
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Jump start the industrial age with water power. Design the minie rifle and a training program for light infantry and riflemen. Invent the percussion cap and caplock rifle. Small pox inoculation Sterilization of wounds with alcohol. Start a semaphore system for communication. Hell, invent paper currency, start a bubble, get rich and flee to Switzerland. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:31:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:31:37 PM EDT
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That's the thing. You don't have to know exactly how to do it. All you have to do is introduce the knowledge of vaccination, bacteria, viruses and have a basic understanding of how it all works. Same with many other technologies like flight, internal combustion engines, etc. You don't have to be an expert. Unleash the basic theory and let people get to discovering. It's a common misconception that the people back then were dumb. They were not. They just didn't have the mountains of established science and discoveries that we have to stand on. The discovery process was slow. If you could jump start that, very smart people would work on the ideas. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: The water power thing is pretty good; unsure if in common use at that time. The minie ball is outstanding. You know how to make a smallpox vaccine though? It's a common misconception that the people back then were dumb. They were not. They just didn't have the mountains of established science and discoveries that we have to stand on. The discovery process was slow. If you could jump start that, very smart people would work on the ideas. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:32:10 PM EDT
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BTW, George Washington had the Continental Army inoculated against small pox. Cut open the patient's skin and insert a small piece of scab. Bandage up.
Sinks/latrines for camps. Must be away from housing or cooking areas. Boiled horsehair for sutures (it's sterilized). Teach hygiene to soldiers. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:32:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:33:19 PM EDT
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I'd show them my circumcised penis and my teeth. 
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:33:30 PM EDT
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Well, am I transported with whatever I have on me? In that case I have a phone full of pictures and videos even without internet. I have a 9mm pistol using cased ammo. I have a multi tool made of stainless steel. I have a wallet with photos. Any of these things alone should impress a monarch in the 1600s. You go back with knowledge of future events, personal knowledge of the king that only he would know, and some skill (chemistry, medicine etc) that would make yourself useful. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:36:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You'd be branded a witch and burned at the stake you realize that don't you? You go back with knowledge of future events, personal knowledge of the king that only he would know, and some skill (chemistry, medicine etc) that would make yourself useful. 
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:37:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You have no letters of introduction nor do you probably speak Latin, or their native tongue. You'd never get an audience. Good luck. Besides, I'm not going to the kings and queens. You have to do this shit underground. Some of the universities during this time would be a great place to start. They were full of rabble rousing liberals then, but not the lefty, communist kind. Proto socialism/communism didn't start gaining traction till the French Revolution. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:37:57 PM EDT
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How do you make guncotton?
Cotton soaked in nitrates and what else? Make a boiler? Steam engine? How about inventing indoor plumbing. No more necessaries (outhouse) or chamber pots. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:39:32 PM EDT
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How do you make guncotton? Cotton soaked in nitrates and what else? Make a boiler? Steam engine? How about inventing indoor plumbing. No more necessaries (outhouse) or chamber pots. Edit: Just because I couldn't think of a single thing to share, despite knowing several of these. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:40:00 PM EDT
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I don't know how to make bessemer steel. Superior weaponry.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:41:58 PM EDT
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BTW, if it's early enough it the 17th Century, I'd invent the flintlock.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:44:07 PM EDT
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cowpox. If a milkmaid had a cowpox scab, use those. Worse case, small pox scabs. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:48:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's kind of what I'm getting at. Surely there's something you'd know that would let you talk your way out of it. Anywhere else in Europe I'd be good and truly fuqqed. Swedish? Italian? "Take him to the Iron Maiden!" |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:48:33 PM EDT
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Hope it's near them: http://1632.org http://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/book_images/cvr9780671319724_9780671319724_hr.jpg |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:49:13 PM EDT
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Cure cholera by boiling water.
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:49:20 PM EDT
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Shit, man, it's the 1600's. Not two millennia ago. If you can speak passable modern French you would be able to communicate with a hell of a lot of important people. Besides, I'm not going to the kings and queens. You have to do this shit underground. Some of the universities during this time would be a great place to start. They were full of rabble rousing liberals then, but not the lefty, communist kind. Proto socialism/communism didn't start gaining traction till the French Revolution. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: You have no letters of introduction nor do you probably speak Latin, or their native tongue. You'd never get an audience. Good luck. Besides, I'm not going to the kings and queens. You have to do this shit underground. Some of the universities during this time would be a great place to start. They were full of rabble rousing liberals then, but not the lefty, communist kind. Proto socialism/communism didn't start gaining traction till the French Revolution. 
Me I'm starting a mercenary company, I'm fairly versed in the ebbs and tides of 17th century European wars, have a solid knowledge of the tactics and logistics of the business from a modern and historical basis. I'm not gonna try and change the world, just thrive in it. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:51:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shit, man, it's the 1600's. Not two millennia ago. If you can speak passable modern French you would be able to communicate with a hell of a lot of important people. Besides, I'm not going to the kings and queens. You have to do this shit underground. Some of the universities during this time would be a great place to start. They were full of rabble rousing liberals then, but not the lefty, communist kind. Proto socialism/communism didn't start gaining traction till the French Revolution. Avoid showing your phone with downloaded Sasha Grey porn. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:52:30 PM EDT
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First, why would I want to prove I was from the future to some European king?
If it was the late 1700s, I'd be doing everything I could to reach and convince the founding fathers I was and tell them about the BS that's going on today. Have them spell some things out Barney style. Amendment 1 " Without exception, the people have the freedom of speech" Amendment 2 "The people have the right to own and bear any and all arms" Amendment 3 "The U.S. Treasury shall mint all federally recognized currency, and all responsibilities of the currency shall fall on the U.S. Treasury." Amendment 4 "The U.S. government shall not mint any currency not backed by a material asset." Amendment 5 "Islam is the only religion banned from this nation, no other religion shall be, and there shall never be a state religion" Amendment 6 "The state language shall be English." Amendment 7 "Non-citizens do not have the rights of citizens" Etc. Or something similar. |
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Posted: 7/27/2019 10:53:35 PM EDT
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