• EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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      2 years ago

      I think it presumes that you're just a regular person in the neighbourhood living in 1912 with no knowledge of anything to come.

      Basically the same scenario as if your boss walked up to you today and offered you a free 1 week cruise trip today on the maiden voyage of a fancy new cruise ship that was just completed this year with all the fanciest safety systems.

      No hindsight to tell you, "oh but we know there's a 100% chance of failure because it did happen in history. All those people who got on the Titanic in April 1912 were buffoons because it ended up sinking! I am so smart and logical that I would have psychically known that the Titanic would sink because I'm cool and I just woulda known it."

      If it was time travel, you know I'm gonna print out a ton of helpful resources and designs, a shitload of Atorvastatin, hop off in Edinburgh and go visit some of my very good friends out east. "Hey, y'all got any bread or cantaloupes, you're never gonna believe this..."