The Giant KoreanThe reason why we never meet time travelers is because our civilization ends before the technology can come to fruition.
lurch (he/him)nah, the reason is: when you travel back in time, our gakaxy, solar system and planet are in different absolute universal positions. so you end up alone in deep space and by the time the planet reaches your position the time you traveled back has passed, making it absolutely useless and life threatening.
Pretty sure there is no absolute universal position, everything in the universe being in motion relative to everything else as the universe expands, but that does not disprove your point anyways.
BjörnYou can use the cosmic microwave background as a universal reference frame. Relative to that we move at about 370 km/s, depending on the time of the year.
Now I’m hurting my head by thinking about traveling faster than 370 km/s in the opposite direction to Earth…
For reference: Voyager 1 is traveling at 17 km/s away from the sun. The Parker Solar Probe should reach 191 km/s but will be flying towards the sun.