Dr. Samantha Lee, an astrophysicist, showed her colleague Robert, ‘her secret invention.’


    “Another quantum supercomputer, Sam?” asked Robert, “What’s special about it?”


    “It speaks to the past …” answered Samantha.


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    “You know time travel isn’t possible, right, Sam?”


    “You’re 100% correct; time travel is never possible until it is.”


    “What kind of double talk is that?”


    “This machine has a temporal relay, which instantly creates the very possibility.”


    “So … wait, that means …”


    “Yes, in the future, we might; oh wait, something’s happening … there’s a message:”


    Destroy it now, before it’s too late! You don’t want to know!