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244 | Katie Elliott on Metaphysics, Chance, and Explanation
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Grandfather's Paradox
"I have noticed that even though it is not intellectually respectable, the writers still like their timeline the best," he says. "The kind of classic philosophers paradox is this thing called the grandfather's paradox." The story is just you hate your grandpa as people do but want to go back in time and murder him. But on the other hand, if you kill your grandfather before your father is born, then your father won't have you.
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