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Go back in time and relive life?

So you can go back in time. However, there's a catch: your consciousness as it exists now will be transplanted into your body at the age you began to form and maintain long-term memory. For some of you, that can mean returning to the age of a toddler. You won't be able to think or process things like a child; you'll still have all the memories and intelligence that you have now. You won't be undergoing the mental or emotional developments that most people go through as they age from an infant to an adult. You will still develop physically, however, so prepare for awkwardness.

Because you'll be keeping your consciousness intact, you'll be able to exploit any information you can hold in your head. The shadowy agency that's making this offer will give you exactly 24-hours to memorize anything you wish. For most people, I imagine lottery numbers and stock histories will be a priority. But anything is game. Think big. Or maybe think small, whatever.

I want to impress upon you how difficult it can and probably will be living your entire life again. It will be nearly impossible for you to connect with your peers until you reach highchool or beyond. It's almost certainly going to be long and tedious. You already know most of what's going to happen. You might be able to avert some tragedies, but more than likely, you're going to have to watch some of them unfold all over again. And relationships -- well, any serious relationship you have right now will have to start from scratch. It should go without saying that if you have a wife or husband (or any significant other), unless you met them very early in your life, you're going to be waiting a long, long time before you can reconnect with them.

But beyond all those hardships, you have an opportunity to shape the world to your will.

So what do you think? Would you do it? And what, exactly, would you do if you could?

Reply 1

TheAlchemistress

Summer 2017 that's where I want to go. When I was happy.

Nah, I'm ok as I am.

Personally I would really love to go back to when I was in Year 11, more specifically at the end of Year 11, after the exams. I feel like I made some bad life choices after that, which took a big toll on my mental health.. anxiety and etc. Positively and negatively surprisingly. And I wish I did well in sixthform lmfao ...

No. I would never want to relive the past.

Reply 6

qasim-96

Can I go back to being a sperm cell and tell my dad to pull out?

Reply 7

gggggddddrt

yes all the way back to year7-y8

Reply 8

Rainbow1962

I want to do it..... I have thought carefully. I would like to go back to being around 17/18 years of age Actually i never thought about lottery numbers or any thing like that, it was the fact I would do things differently , like learn to play the guitar, save money for a rainy day, I would date the girl I should have dated. I would appreciate everything especially my parents more, while at the same time giving myself more credit than I currently do. This is what I would do,

Reply 9

username4950464

no - i’d stay as i am here in the present

Reply 10

carrotlover

honestly i would be down to go back. not make the same poor choices i have made. get a clean slate. my earliest memory i have is my mom rocking me on a rocking chair in my old room. idk how old i was tho. but i was really younge bc i never had a rocking chair in my room that i remmemeber i just rememeber that night. id change my appearance earlier than i did so past me isnt so miserable. just cut me some bangs and its a go LOL. id not b as annoying as past me was like jesus christ. id love to go back. i already like kids stuff and my room looks like a little kids room lol. id b vibing. id be more responsible with my money too. i feel like itd b a whole new adventure.

Reply 11

ThatOldGuy

So the beginning of where you start to form long-term memories? So... Maybe 4 or 5? There are certain things you'd have to think of: Your personality is probably different, and your parents will notice a steep change in that. You'd have to be careful not to tip your hand. I have people I love that depend on me, so I'd need to memorize certain dates to make sure I came in to certain lives at certain dates. Beyond that? I wouldn't avert worldwide tragedies. I'd try to make the world a better place starting with me and the people around me. I'd be nicer to some people. I'd lift up other people and encourage them. I'd stand up for people I didn't have the courage to stand up for before.

Reply 12

A donkey.

I'd love to go back and relive the life i.e from the very beginning. I would make the better life choices , be more focused in my study , learn many musical instruments be a intelligent and smart daughter that they could be Proud of and just stay quiet and observe the things as they unfold.
I would happily live and be different person and make better life choices . Oh my goodness if only I could go back and relive the life being the person i dreamed of from very beginning .
Talented and smart, Quiet and Observant.

(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 13

scorpion95

There are a number of flaws with this. Firstly would you cease to exist from the day your consciousness was transplanted or would you still carry on living? This would then lead to what would happen when you get to that part in the life again would you be stuck in a time loop constantly reliving up until that point or would you carry on as normal once at that point or just die at that point? Secondly from your question alterations could be made to your life which if this is done would then ultimately create a new timeline in an already new timeline from just transferring your consciousness and would have knock on effects down the line so what you remember won't be what will happen in the future. Saving someone you could have could result in loosing someone else, doing something different than you did before might mean not meeting your partner and having any kids you did have, it would be someone else and different kids maybe.

Although quite a lot of people would like to go back in time with or without the memories and knowledge they have up to that point, there would be a lot of consequences from doing it and it would cause an alternative universe to be created. You would never be able to get back to the current universe or know what happened your friends and family.