As humans turn science fiction into reality, a 1940s photograph has many convinced it proves time travel.
The image comes from 1941 and shows a line of children, smartly dressed, waiting outside a cinema in Chicago.
One boy at the edge appears to be clutching what viewers insist resembles an ‘iPad’.
The first iPad launched from Apple in 2010, which is sixty-nine years after this picture was taken.
The object in his hands looks slightly different in finish, implying a later generation—if it is a tablet at all.
Will time travel ever be achieved by mankind? It depends which physicist you ask! (Getty stock)
Science continues to make the impossible happen.
Researchers at Oxford University have teleported particles of light between two quantum computers.
And in Russia, a YouTuber built a working retractable lightsaber.
Teams have also moved toward creating an artificial sun using a fusion reactor.
That fusion approach aims to provide unlimited clean energy by fusing hydrogen isotopes.
A single gram of fused material can yield the same energy as 11 tonnes of coal.
My point is that leading minds on Earth often turn wild ideas into reality.
And I’m not referring to those strange dolphin stories.
An old photograph posted to Reddit has reignited a time-travel debate.
The shot was taken by photographer Edwin Rosskam.
It also offers a snapshot of childhood life during World War II.
One child in the image has captured most of the attention online.
People point to the boy on the far right, convinced he holds an iPad.
Given the iPad’s 2010 release, some on Reddit say there is only one explanation: time travel.
“iPad carrying [movie] goes, all the way to the right,” one user wrote.
Another claimed the photograph acts as “proof of time travel.”
Many others offered down-to-earth explanations in the comments.
“Just getting that early practice pirating films is all. Back in the day of early film, usher’s scanned the audience for pens and notepads as to prevent bootleg recreations of the film,” one user wrote.
Another said: “It’s most likely The Holy Bible. They have their Sunday best on, bless their wee souls. Yes, I definitely think that’s what it is.”