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xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death (xkcd.com)
submitted 11 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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Many a hungry time traveler has Googled 'trilobites shellfish allergy' only to find their carrier had no coverage in the Ordovician.

https://explainxkcd.com/2976/

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If we can’t find the cosmic frame of reference, then how do we know it even exists? Sure, you can assume it exists, and call that a hypothesis. If only someone had a way to test that hypothesis.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Ok, that's fair point.