eli5: What is the bootstrap Paradox?
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“Wait a moment. Where did you get that peach?”
‘Someone threw it at you earlier.”
“But that someone was me.”
“I know.”
“But where did I get it?”
‘From me.”
“Yes, but where did you get it?”
“Someone threw it at you earlier.”
“But that someone was me!”
“I know!”
“But where did I get it?”
“From me!”
“Yes, but where did you get it?”
“Someone threw it at you earlier!”
“BUT THAT SOME-”
Basically, assuming a stable time loop, a bootstrap paradox is when something exists due to someone learning/gaining something, then going back in time and giving that something to the person they originally got it from. But because of this, there is no real point of orgin.
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