Time doesn't fit well with modern quantum science. It is a loopy thing. We can see how it disagrees with many quantum laws...

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Time-Travel Paradoxes

Time Dilation - The Theory of Relativity (From Google Images)

Time doesn't fit well with modern quantum science. Time is known to be the fourth dimension and independent of all physical properties of the third dimension. But gravity, an effect of the space-time distortion, as devised by The Theory of Relativity, can slow down time.

We all love time travel. It is the process of travelling from the Past to the Future. It is popularised through Science-Fiction books and movies, like Interstellar (2004 Movie).

But time is a loopy thing. We saw how it disagrees with many quantum laws. This can sometimes break time-travelling, forming paradoxes. 

Let's see some of the paradoxes:

• Grandfather Paradox
• Bootstrap Paradox

1) Grandfather Paradox

This is one of the most basic paradoxes. If you were to time-travel and 'remove' your grandfather and return, you would create the Grandfather Paradox. If your grandfather didn't exist, your father wouldn't exist and you, would evidently not exist. If you didn't live, then who 'removed' your grandfather?

2) Bootstrap Paradox

Bootstrap Paradox is a paradox that states that two objects of the same kind can exist at the same time, even when they see each other. If one object travelled through time and approached the other, who did it first?

To understand it, let's consider a case scenario-

Imagine you have a book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer bought from a store. This book is written by Mark Twain, as you find out later. You travel in time to a day before Mark Twain wrote the book, approach him and ask him to check this literature. 

He might copy and write the story again, in a new book. You return back and find the new version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 

Now the question arises, Who wrote the book first?

This paradox states that you created an infinite loop where Mark Twain copies the literature he 'wrote'.

This is where I will conclude my post.

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Aditya VN Kadiyala