Time-Traveling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRvVN39ZwtM (Okay, so, chances are this was actually a type of hearing aid. Old fashioned hearing aids were sort of huge and bulky, so it would look a bit like that. Anyway though, culturally speaking I thought it was interesting.)

It's really interesting to me how culturally we have embraced Time Traveling. Mostly in the case of Dr.Who, but also recently with Looper. I have not seen the movie, but after reading a few reviews and plot summaries their theories on Time Travel are pretty interesting.
It's sort of just funny to see because we have been fascinated with the concept of  time since basically forever.
Think about H.G.Wells, The Time Machine, which was made all the way back in 1895. That is where we usually trace it back, but in all actuality it could be argued that it goes all the way back to 700BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_Time_Travel
And that is just crazy. xD I mean, honestly. That's sort of insane. There has got to be some reason for that. It's quite possible that maybe our cultural obsession with time is related to our strong desire to escape from it. Perhaps even our desire to be something more than human, something more like God. Wanting to be like God sounds very familiar, at least to me.
We have countless theories on how Time Traveling could be possible, (including one by Einstein. Or at least he admits that it could be possible) and many different diagrams explaining the theories in visual terms. (Because it honestly does get pretty complicated)
Wormholes, Paradoxes, and the Grandfather Paradox just scratch the surface in this complex idea.
Maybe it's just escapism for those who want to re-live their lives, or maybe it is possible, one way or the other however, there is no denying our cultural fascination with it.
I suppose it's just weird to me in some ways because I've been a Sci-Fi fan all of my live. I just love the stuff, so in some ways it's unusual to see this fascination within the culture. It does make me happy to see it though. I feel as though sci-fi is one of the most perfect lenses by which to view humanity. We can see ourselves, but not actually see ourselves, if that makes any sense.
Showing a planet full of oppressed people, instead of showing a labor camp, can be used to bring home the same message, but it can occasionally get it across better.
Dunno. I mean, it's honestly just my musing's on the subject.