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xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death (xkcd.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd
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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Ok, that's fair point.