What If You Could Stop Time?

If you had a device designed to freeze time for everything but you, life wouldn’t be anything like what you’d expect. You wouldn’t catch up on sleep, or rob a bank while no one can stop you, or cheat on an exam. Instead, you’d be left blind, deaf and unable to move a single muscle. How can time freezing go so wrong? Transcript and sources: Made possible with the support of Ontario Creates Watch more what-if scenarios: Planet Earth: The Cosmos: Technology: Your Body: Humanity: Follow what-if on Instagram for bonus material: Suggest an episode: T-shirts and merch: Facebook Watch: Watch on Tubi: “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.“ — Carl Sagan Feedback, inquiries and suggestions: