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had events played out differently.
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I'm not theorizing, Professor Chan.
I'm just saying if time travel is possible,
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we have a moral obligation
to right the wrongs of the past.
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So are you suggesting that if it were
possible to change historic events, we should?
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[Laughing]
Yes, absolutely.
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Without knowing
the results of those changes?
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Changes that would have a profound
effect on our world as we know it.
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I don't see the problem with that, as
long as the changes are for the better.
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All right.
Let's run with your idea.
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Let's say hypothetically that we do
go back in time to make things right.
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Whose moral guidelines are we
working within? Yours? Mine?
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What happens if we have
a difference of opinion?
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Whose rules are we playing by?
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I think we all share a common
ground morally and ethically,
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so some good would come out of it.
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What's the point of researching time
travel, if not to right the wrongs?
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We're historians, right?
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Wouldn't you like
to observe history firsthand,
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be there to authenticate
history's accuracy?
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Yeah, that'd be cool.
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But to stand around and do nothing
seems like a colossal waste of knowledge.
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I mean, can I at least stop the guys
from flying the planes into the buildings?
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Or the fanatic from walking into
a restaurant wearing a bomb?
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As much as we all wish those horrific events
never happened, the fact is they did.
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Then let's prevent them
from happening.
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But we are who we are today
because of them.
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Our anger, our compassion,
our awareness, our knowledge.
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We alter history, it all changes...
good and bad.
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[Sighs]
Yeah, I... I guess so.
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Think about it.
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[Chiming]
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We'll have to pick
this up next week.