Could we only go back in time until the point where the time machine was created?

My mind = exploded.

Sure McFly. When do you want to meet me at the clock tower?

No. That’s like asking if you could only drive your Honda around the parking lot of the factory in which it was assembled.

I could tell you, but it might affect causality, so I’d prefer not to.

No; that doesn’t actually make any logical sense, even though it sounds nice. For a start, how do you define the moment of its creation?

@SpatzieLover & @cooolbeans: wait for me! I’m coming too!

Oh man… you just blew-my-mind O_o – LB

Best question of the day! Lurve!!

@Jayne
This wasn’t my idea but one of the editors of the new scientist magazine. I agree with you, plus time machine put themselves into a sort of status when going back in time, the time machine just as all object have their own time and how ever this machine works it should be making everything else apart from itself and it’s contents go back in time.
Fuck I need to work this right

I asked Fluther because I have a lot on my mind and was seeing you could get through this without much help from me.

I have seen equations for a time machine where this was the result.

Although, if you define the point at which the time machine was invented as the time at which it was first TESTED, then you would never get a successful test.

There is no ambiguity here. The time that you can go back to is the most recent time the switch was turned on.

@jackm Exactly =)