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Stevethewizard (01/08/2016) [-]
The "No tourists" theory doesn't take into account one possibility: time travelers could be incredibly stupid. People from the future are just that: people. The same people that are currently giving Kanye West attention, that think 50 Shades of Grey is well written and not smut, and that actually believe Duck Dynasty is unscripted.
People generally aren't smart. Despite what you may think it says in the history books, they also weren't smart. And I have no doubt that they will never be smart. Sure, our technology may advance, and our ability to operate said technology will increase to match, but most people have no idea how the technology works, and they likely never will.
tl;dr: People aren't smart. Future tourists with time travel devices will likely act exactly like tourists do today, and they won't be any smarter or more aware of history than the average person today.
People generally aren't smart. Despite what you may think it says in the history books, they also weren't smart. And I have no doubt that they will never be smart. Sure, our technology may advance, and our ability to operate said technology will increase to match, but most people have no idea how the technology works, and they likely never will.
tl;dr: People aren't smart. Future tourists with time travel devices will likely act exactly like tourists do today, and they won't be any smarter or more aware of history than the average person today.
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anon (01/08/2016) [-]
Except there will absolutely still be academics in the future who would leap at the chance to actually travel back in time. The no tourists paradox doesn't mean tourists in the sense of 'Gee honey, lets go to the Bahamas this summer' it just means anybody travelling from the future to our time.
