Tuesday, October 12, 2021

A Paradox?


At the heart of much speculative fiction (and fiction in general) is a question. What if? On Tuesdays I like to throw one out there and see what you make of it. Do with it as you please. If a for-instance is not specified, feel free to interpret that instance as you wish. And if you find this becomes a novel-length answer, I'd appreciate a thank you in the acknowledgements. 😉

What if we could test the various time travel paradox hypotheses? 

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  1. LisaOctober 12, 2021 at 8:51 AM

    Reading that about casual loops muddled my brain, so I think they are all best well enough alone! Even if we CAN do something, doesn't mean we SHOULD. Bad idea to mess with the flow of time, I think. I don't believe we can, although understand some do. I once read that time is one directional. I'll keep to that. It's more comforting!

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    1. Liz A.October 12, 2021 at 2:48 PM

      I kinda hope we never figure out time travel, but it makes for interesting stories.

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  2. AlanaOctober 12, 2021 at 2:24 PM

    I echo Lisa - I'm a big believer in "just because we can doesn't mean we should". Not until we know much, much, much more about the nature of time. We could wipe out our entire history!

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  3. Al PenwasserOctober 12, 2021 at 7:05 PM

    I thought a paradox was two doctors...?

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    1. Darla M SandsOctober 21, 2021 at 6:52 PM

      ~groan~

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    2. Liz A.October 21, 2021 at 7:53 PM

      Darla? Are you okay? Should I call someone? You normally love the really bad puns...

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  4. Al PenwasserOctober 12, 2021 at 7:08 PM

    I read about the paradoxes, but it hurt my head. Although, I must say that I do enjoy exploring how the minutest of things that happened even in our parents' childhoods can have a profound effect on our lives today. Sheesh, my head hurts again.

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    1. Liz A.October 13, 2021 at 2:05 PM

      The "science" of time travel is pretty intense.

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  5. SongbirdOctober 12, 2021 at 7:43 PM

    As per Captain Janeway, time travel gives me a headache.

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  6. Kinga K.October 13, 2021 at 5:50 AM

    Paradoxes are interesting ❤

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  7. BirgitOctober 13, 2021 at 11:38 AM

    How do we know this isn't already happening?

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