time paradox

A time paradox occurs when actions taken in the past create a contradiction or logical inconsistency in the timeline, impacting the present or future. For example, if someone travels back in time and prevents their own birth, it raises the question of how they could have existed to travel back in time in the first place—creating a paradox. Such scenarios challenge our understanding of causality, the cause-and-effect relationship, suggesting that altering past events could lead to impossible or conflicting outcomes. Time paradoxes highlight the complexities and unresolved questions about the nature of time and reality.