According to Dr Emmett Brown, it’s what makes time travel possible, although not without the considerable boost of 1.21 gigawatts of power.
“But”, I hear you ask, “how does the flux capacitor work?” Well, wonder no longer. Sloshspot.com have worked it all out and given us this handy guide so that we can now see how the flux capacitor achieves time travel.
To be honest, I am no expert in theoretical physics and cannot therefore comment on whether the explanation provided holds up under scrutiny. If we’re lucky, Prof. Brian Cox (the “wonders of the solar system” guy, not General Stryker from X-Men 2) follows HeyUGuys and he’ll have a look at it for us. All I will say is that the explanation that the flux capacitor “converts the positive energy to negative energy” does not sounds entirely convincing.
After this diagram did the rounds on Twitter recently to try to explain Inception, this looks like another fun attempt to bring clarity to the potentially baffling. If you happen to have a PhD in theoretical physics, do let us know what you think.
