MugaSofer comments on Mysterious Answers to Mysterious Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CCC 19 October 2012 09:20:15AM 0 points [-]

If you know the time, then that becomes even easier to deal with - there's no particular need to avoid plane crash opportunities that do not take place at that time. In fact, it then becomes possible to try to avoid it by other means - for example, faking your own plane-crash-related demise and leaving the fake evidence there for the time traveller to find.

If you know the time of your death in advance, then the means become important only at or near that time.

Comment author: MugaSofer 19 October 2012 10:27:16AM 0 points [-]

... True.

But you could still be injured by a plane crash or other mishap at another time, at standard probabilities.

And you should still charter your own plane to avoid collateral damage.