This might just be the closest we get to a time machine for some time. Or maybe ever.
Every "King Arthur travels to the year 2000" kinda script is now something that writes itself.
> Imagine having a conversation with someone genuinely from the period,
Imagine not just someone, but Aristotle or Leonardo or Kant!
Easier with Cervantes for Spanish speakers than King Arhur or Shakespeare.
With Alphonse X, o The Cid, it would be greater issues, but understandable over weeks.
I imagine King Arthur would say something like: Hwæt spricst þu be?
Wrong language. The Arthur of legend is a Celtic-speaking Briton fighting against the Germanic-speaking invaders. Old English developed from the language of his enemies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_language_decline_in_Eng...