Timeline for A solution for the time-travel paradox - What could go wrong?
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| Jan 20, 2019 at 6:24 | comment | added | user64742 | @RichardU A time paradox is defined as an action that prevents you from having gone back in the first place. So long as the future is uniquely defined as a function of the entire collective "past" then no paradox exists. Using a machine to open a view into the past does not and should not in some way prevent you from having opened that one way window in the first place. Same here. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 23:03 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | Dear all - I find that I am repeatedly answering the same points in different comment sections. I have to go now but I'll try to make a coverall statement tomorrow and put it in the actual question as an addendum. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:41 | comment | added | user20762 | @NuclearWang but there is a difference. Your future self has already made those choices. by having your present self go back and view something that causes those choices to change, you create a paradox for your future self. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:38 | comment | added | Nuclear Hoagie | But changing the future isn't a paradox at all. I could decide to shave my head tomorrow, or decide not to. They are mutually exclusive futures, and my actions directly determine which one will occur. Selecting among possible futures that could happen is a normal occurrence that happens with everyday choices all the time - not a paradox. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:32 | comment | added | user20762 | @CortAmmon I changed it, thanks. | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:32 | history | edited | user20762 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:32 | comment | added | Cort Ammon | But how does he travel back in time to not steal the wallet? He can't change his past actions | |
| Jan 17, 2019 at 19:30 | history | answered | user20762 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |