If you could travel back in time and be yourself

[a little Kappa]

If you could travel back in time till you were 6 years old with the same mindset, knowledge and experience of life as your current self, would you do it?

Imagine yourself 6 year old but as smart as you are now. What would you do to change your life?

[Arganis]

I wouldn't play WoW. And I'm surprised this thread isn't about how much noobs suck.

[Liara]

Changing your life would cause a paradox in that your "current" state would never have happened, and therefore couldn't have traveled back in time

[a little Kappa]

Changing your life would cause a paradox in that your "current" state would never have happened, and therefore couldn't have traveled back in time

You don't get it :P

Im talking about living your life AGAIN from yourself as a six year old. You continue to age as life begins again, but you know everything that's gonna happen and you can change things that happened in the past to avoid accidents/embarrasing situations.

[Volumes]

Instead of 6 years old, I'd rather be 13 and just starting high school again.

I would be the sickest dude ever, knowing everything that I do now at 19.

[Baracuda]

Idk, I'd probably be kind of lame to my classmates since if I went back to the 6th grade with my current mindset, since children have awful humour.

[a little Kappa]

I did lots of stupid shit in school when I was about 8-14. If I could go back to that time and just act normal people wouldn't avoid me now xD

[Jaxsz]

Instead of 6 years old, I'd rather be 13 and just starting high school again.

I would be the sickest dude ever, knowing everything that I do now at 19.

LOL. This is gold for sure

[Deleted]

Aha.
For one thing I would continue learning music, and probably have taken it in school.


And one thing, with my current, take no shit mindset, I'd have went up to those bullies and kicked ten tons of shit out of them.
I realized how to defend myself far too late in my school life.

[Liara]

You don't get it :P

Im talking about living your life AGAIN from yourself as a six year old. You continue to age as life begins again, but you know everything that's gonna happen and you can change things that happened in the past to avoid accidents/embarrasing situations.

You are who you are because of past experiences (be it good or bad ones). Avoiding mistakes will mean that you miss out on certain events, thus leading to a change in who you are. And in so, creating a paradox.

[a little Kappa]

Aha.
For one thing I would continue learning music, and probably have taken it in school.


And one thing, with my current, take no shit mindset, I'd have went up to those bullies and kicked ten tons of shit out of them.
I realized how to defend myself far too late in my school life.

Are you me? Jesus... exactly the same as me exept I practised Guitar

[Bryntrollian]

I would probably die because I barely survived the first time i was that age heh...

[Darkis]

I would accumulate some hefty savings, and come 1996 invest them in mirabilis (icq).

[Deleted]

Are you me? Jesus... exactly the same as me exept I practised Guitar

Well it was infered I already knew guitar back then like I do now, so I'd have continued to practice I guess. xD

[Chirri]

You are who you are because of past experiences (be it good or bad ones). Avoiding mistakes will mean that you miss out on certain events, thus leading to a change in who you are. And in so, creating a paradox.

Would the idea be alright if, rather than going backward in time, our bodies simply ... regressed, got younger, to age 6 and then proceeded to age "naturally" again?

[Liara]

Would the idea be alright if, rather than going backward in time, our bodies simply ... regressed, got younger, to age 6 and then proceeded to age "naturally" again?

Theoretically, I would suppose so, since you wouldn't be "reliving" your life, but rather continuing them.
But then it's no longer the OP's idea

[a little Kappa]

Would the idea be alright if, rather than going backward in time, our bodies simply ... regressed, got younger, to age 6 and then proceeded to age "naturally" again?

My point is basicly you are 6 years old again in the past. Gonna do an example, I'm born in 1993. I would go back to 1999 in my old 6 year old self but with the mind of my 19 year old self. You then relive your life but you got the opportunity to change the ways of your own life. Avoid bad things that happened and know what to do to create success for yourself later in life.

[N-7]

Well having the knowledge of a 21 years old in a 6 years old body and knowing the future could prove very very useful. So, YES. IN FACT, YES.

[Deleted]

That would be nice. I would avoid getting shot by an arrow in the eye.

[fishface]

I think it would be terrible, you'd have to keep it secret lest you end up locked in a medical facility being tested. If you were going back to being 6 or even 13 you'd probably end up alienating yourself because your peers would be so insufferable, not to mention school would be tedious as hell.

If you've moved out then reverting back to a time when you were dependent on your parents would be a nightmare. You'd have so little independence in comparison, no money (and jobs pay a pittance at that age), you can't drive, you can't go out and you can't crash at a friends house one night because they don't have their own place and they're an annoying little runt anyway.

Not to mention, people would be so uncomfortable around you because you know so much more than you should. Can you imagine how it would be if you met a long-term partner and it was their 'first' time meeting you? Or if you let slip something about 9/11 a couple of years before it happened, and by the way, let's not get any asinine notions that you could somehow prevent that tragedy or Michael Jackson's death. Also unless you have an astonishing memory, or some sort of preparation before going back, you're not going to be predicting lottery numbers any time soon.

I'm sure there are plenty of other reasons why this fantasy would be pretty shitty.