Because only an American can invent itAs long as the U.S. patent office holds any kind of sway over things, time travel will not be invented: http://www.google.com/patents?id=kr...&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=2007
Everyone knows that shortly after time travel is invented, there will be a race to reach the patent office before the other guy. This will continue until someone shows up (had showed up) outside the patent office the day it opens with a time machine blueprint (and probably a pile of corpses).
As long as the U.S. patent office holds any kind of sway over things, time travel will not be invented: http://www.google.com/patents?id=kr...&as_miny_is=2007&as_maxm_is=1&as_maxy_is=2007
Everyone knows that shortly after time travel is invented, there will be a race to reach the patent office before the other guy. This will continue until someone shows up (had showed up) outside the patent office the day it opens with a time machine blueprint (and probably a pile of corpses).