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Gott time travel conjecture

Gott's time travel conjecture suggests that if the universe is infinite and contains all possibilities, then traveling back or forward in time might be theoretically feasible without paradoxes. By applying an idea called "Carter's anthropic principle," Gott proposes that, under certain assumptions, you could be in a universe where time travel is possible, as your observations are conditioned by your existence. Essentially, it's a scientific hypothesis that explores whether, and under what conditions, time travel could occur within the laws of physics, emphasizing that such travel depends on the universe's structure and the assumptions made about its infinite nature.