Update 2010-10-25: Today is the 25th anniversary of Marty McFly’s going forward to the past so that he could get Back to the Future. And tomorrow, a special edition of trilogy is going to be rereleased on Blu-ray. Support Overthinking…
The Overthinkers wrap up Back To The Future week on OverthinkingIt.com with the science of time travel, suspension of disbelief, and what a Jigga-Watt is anyway.
Fiction is full of miracles caused by hitting people on the head. Reality is still catching up.
![The Science of Back To The Future [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/article_1_logo-150x108.jpg){kind=logo}
A delightful romp through the worlds of time travel debunking, high school geometry, and the Metric System.
![“You built a time machine out of a DeLorean?” [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/blueprintsio5-150x98.jpg)
“You built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?” Okay, now stop. If it wasn’t for Back to the Future, would the word DeLorean mean anything to you?
![Marty McFly Did Not Invent Rock ‘n’ Roll [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/marty-150x82.jpg)
Nor did he give the song “Johnny B. Goode” to Chuck Berry. Let’s dispel this myth once and for all.
Back to the Future makes no sense… unless you imagine an alternate history where headless mutants run free.
![Huey Lewis? Where we’re going we don’t need Huey Lewis! [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hln-150x117.jpg)
![How Time Travel Works (and doesn’t) in Back To The Future [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bttf_week_logo-150x112.png){kind=logo}
![Marty McFly’s Grim Future [BTTF Week]](http://www.overthinkingit.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/terroristvan-150x108.jpg)
