How can you search for time travelers?

In a recent article by The Economist, published January 13th, 2014, “How can you search for time travelers?” the authors addressed how you could search for time travelers.  As mentioned by the article, several theorists have postulated how you could build a time machine.  But looking for a time traveler would be a much simpler way to establish proof-of-concept.  Unfortunately, finding time travelers is not as easy as watching Dr. Who.  One experiment placed invitations to a party only for time travelers in time capsules in-frequently read library books.  The idea was simple: some one from the future would stumble upon these invitations and attend the party.  Yet none of the party’s attendees claimed to be from the future.  Dr.

Stephen Hawking tried this experiment too, but he sent out invitations after the event took place.  His results proved similar.  No one came.  Others have resorted to internet searches.  Their signal to detect time travelers involved inconsistencies between news stories and someone’s blog entry.  They reasoned, if someone posted an entry suggesting future knowledge, this suggestive evidence may help point to someone traveling through time.  Their search consisted of wide-spread, high-impact news stories.  But no evidence has yet emerged.

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