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What does it mean?
If time travel becomes possible, it fits within an expanding worldview without requiring a fundamental paradigm shift.
In plain terms
Time travel fits within the expanding worldview.
What can you take from it?
Time travel does not break our understanding of reality.

Where it applies

  • theoretical physics
  • philosophy of time
  • science fiction

Putting it to work

  • explore time theories
  • study relativity

Questions to consider

  • Does time flow one way?
  • Can cause and effect be reversed?

Another view

Time travel introduces paradoxes that challenge logical consistency.

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