Einstein's theory and Stephen King's langoliers.

Ruslan A. Sharipov

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I have already told that in Einstein’s theory of relativity the past does not disappear. (See Criticism of space-time sausage). It accumulates layer by layer, receiving material from the present, and forms the four-dimensional space-time.

The picture shows two layers in the form of two planes. In fact, the layers are not two-dimensional, but three-dimensional and there are not two of them, but infinitely many. They fill the entire four-dimensional space-time. If we do not consider the entire space-time, but limit ourselves to the boundaries of the planet Earth, we will end up with a space-time sausage. 

The entire history of planet Earth fits into a space-time sausage. 

 Stephen King offered an interesting look at the past in his science fiction novella “The Langoliers.” According to Stephen King, the past is not preserved in the space-time sausage, but is eaten by evil animals, which he called langoliers.

The image is taken from Wikipedia
(https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5731707)

A mini-series was made based on the novella by Stephen King. I watched it on Russian terrestrial television back in the days of analogue TV. The plot is like this. By chance, a passenger airliner flies into a space-time portal and finds itself thrown back a few minutes into the past. The portal is configured so as not to allow living creatures to pass through. But he mistook the sleeping passengers for inanimate matter. When they wake up, they find that most of the passengers have disappeared. The plane's crew has also disappeared and the plane is flying on autopilot. Fortunately, one of the passengers managed to land the plane at the airport of the nearest city. Upon leaving the plane, passengers discover that there is everything in the airport except people. They also notice several strange things: matches won't light, electrical appliances won't work, and the beer in the cafeteria has become tasteless. Somehow they realize that they are in the past, and decide to refuel the plane and fly in the opposite direction to go through the time portal again. During takeoff, they see that the langoliers have attacked the airport. They easily eat concrete walls and everything around them. Behind each of them stretches a black trace of absolute emptiness, which does not collapse and is not filled with anything. The langoliers fail to catch up the plane and the heroes of the film return safely to their time.