grandfather paradox
The paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the pastThe paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past.
Meaning
1 sensesThe paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past.
Großvaterparadoxon, Großvater-Paradoxon
парадо́кс уби́того де́душкиparadóks ubítovo déduški
Translations
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Origin
From the paradox proposed by the French author René Barjavel in 1944 in his book Le VoyageFrom the paradox proposed by the French author René Barjavel in 1944 in his book Le Voyageur Imprudent, translated into English as Future Times Three; in its original form the paradox of one person going back to the past and killing their grandfather before the latter fathered the traveler's father, thus preventing the time traveler from ever being conceived in the first place.
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Forms
plural: grandfather paradoxes| Singular | grandfather paradox |
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