Quote from: Ani on January 06, 2013, 01:53:55 PM
-Ani
Sorry, I don't see it! An individual's life clock is always moving forward regardless of which when they are in. In their time frame, each person moves from non-existence, to life, to non-existence. If you visit another's time frame you are not changing that.
-Ani
I was assuming many of those interested in answering the questions would be aware of the various kinds of time paradoxes that show up in time travel stories, and would possibly exist if time travel turns out to be possible.
For example, going back to alter your younger self's life could have all kinds of consequences (many of them unpredictable) regarding your own lifespan and what you would do with your time, for example, if, instead of wasting time and taking on some of the self-destructive behaviors that tend to be common for many of us, one found a way to begin transitioning before the onset of puberty.
One of the implicit questions (among many) has to do with whether one would prefer to grow up in the period that they did, or would be willing to sacrifice existing memories and experiences for the possibility of starting out an otherwise similar life, only beginning at a time one might see as more tolerant, with better options, at least for some.
While I realize that some would see a clone as a completely different person, (and some have also raised the issues of how prenatal environment may affect or even cause the differences that lead to a TG identity)... to me, I tend to think that so much is determined by genes, that a clone of myself would most likely not be so very different from my current self, except that my clone might have had a better chance of being insistent about its female identity from a very early age. I remember considering getting more insistent. Perhaps my tendency to doubt would plague me in every instance of cloning, though? This is speculation, after all.
My tendency to doubt is probably part of the reason I tend to lean towards the fantasy of altering my present self's life course, rather than risking creating multiples who might wind up torturing themselves in the same ways I did, only spread across multiple timelines?
In my current state, the idea of living forever has never seemed very attractive. Maybe that will change if I get to a point where I am comfortable with the degree to which I'm able to transition and find a way of living that doesn't seem like it's so hugely compromised?
These sorts of feelings are part of why I decided to combine these various options, as a way of bringing out various feelings related to how we tend to view our own lives so far.
