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        1. SciFi author Ted Chiang is at Vanderbilt talking about "Time Travel and Free Will" from the perspective of fiction.
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        Chiang's first mind-opening claim: ancient stories of prophecy are part of the time travel genre. Prophets are visitors from an unalterable future timeline. #scifi #timetravel
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      Chiang: First modern time travel story is Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The Ghost of Christmas Future is a visitor from a possible timeline that Scrooge prevents.
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    Chiang: Broken, multiple timelines characterize modern time travel stories.
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      Chiang: Root of this distinction is difference between ancient belief in fate and modern belief in free will.
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        Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life" (adapted into The Arrival) is a story in which the protagonists have knowledge of the unalterable future.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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