>>9169675This post.... This fucking post.
I am glad that I am not the only one, for me especially with Galileo and the moons of Jupiter.
Sometimes I wonder if they would be proud of us, like a Parent to his child who has a achieved something that he could not.
This probably sounds autistic as fuck but here goes. Its a recurring dream I had since undergrad.
I was telling them a story, much like telling a story with a picturebook. I particularly enjoyed the insightful curiosity of their questions pertaining our methods and our technologies as I explained out discoveries and emerging technologies in ways that they can grasp.
I don't correct them, but guide gently. Since it doesn't rob them the satisfaction of deducing conclusions.
Then eventually they'll feel sleepy and I'd conclude by saying
>"..and that's where we're up to" as their excitement extends wakefulness and the questions continue, eventually the intellectual reluctantly drifts the off to sleep, knowing that this sleep would be restful and eternal, hopeful for a tomorrow that never arrives.
In the same dream, I'd attend their classes/lectures/presentations the following days and watch their peers and successors debate and try to find answers to the laws of Nature, some are right but most are wrong. I hold a warm smile knowing that the journey to understanding is rewarding despite the mistakes along the way, requiring the efforts of many.
"They'll know, in time" says a calm, unmistakable voice that sits a few seats adjacent. I see Carl Sagan's silhouette as he turns and smiles.
I wake up at this point.
Legitimately, whenever I attend a convention, lecture, talk, or a gathering I always look out in the background for the time traveler with a knowing smile.
>Tl:dr was the grim reaper, lucid dreaming is pretty dope 
