Category
page 1Temporal paradoxes
grandfather paradox
contradicting time travel of one’s biological parent’s death/separation
temporal paradox
theoretical paradox resulting from time travel
Newcomb's problem
thought experiment about a game involving a reliable predictor of the player’s actions
Novikov self-consistency principle
principle developed to solve the problem of paradoxes in time travel
tachyonic antitelephone
hypothetical device in theoretical physics that could be used to send signals into one's own past
Killing baby Hitler
ethical and physical thought experiment