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Conceptual question:

Does the concept of time travel in any significant capacity rely on the assumption that the past, present and future are all existing simultaneously as events that have occurred already or are currently occurring?

If this is not the case, then how would it be possible to travel forward to something that has not happened yet, or back to something that no longer exists in its previous state?

I am confused, then, by your article stating that you were looking for time travelers "from the future". If one exists in the future, and visiting the past is impossible, then how would they have traveled to the present to leave evidence of their having knowledge about the future?

Indeed, by your own admission, we should be looking for time travelers visiting from the past. And, since we are in the future of our past selves, we are in the position to know that no time machines have been invented, nor any technology that could allow them to do so.

So what was the point of the study?

I see. I was operating in the context of your earlier statement's seeming veracity as an undermining factor in the intent of the study.