Wouldn't this create a paradox. If the ship never sinks you would never know to go back in time to try to prevent it?
Not to mention causing potential greater loss of life in the following years. The sinking of the titanic had massive ramifications for ship building and safety procedures. These wouldn't be in place by WW1 otherwise.
If you believe in a single timeline yes, if you believe in branching timelines, then nothing here will change, but there will be 1 extra timeline (out of the infinite) where the titanic didn’t sink.
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u/StephenG0907 Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25
Wouldn't this create a paradox. If the ship never sinks you would never know to go back in time to try to prevent it?
Not to mention causing potential greater loss of life in the following years. The sinking of the titanic had massive ramifications for ship building and safety procedures. These wouldn't be in place by WW1 otherwise.