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**gwahir** · 04-24-2009, 12:01 AM

It's not a paradox, but a causal loop.

**captain castle** · 04-24-2009, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by gwahir

It's not a paradox, but a causal loop.

the loop of his own father being sent back in time by him, and skynet being built from the scraps of a terminator sent back in time by skynet is a paradox

dick

**gwahir** · 04-24-2009, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by captain castle

the loop of his own father being sent back in time by him, and skynet being built from the scraps of a terminator sent back in time by skynet is a paradox

dick

No, that's not what a paradox is. A lot of people make that mistake. It's a causal loop -- something which causes itself and has no outside causation.

EDIT: A paradox requires contradiction, I think.

**Mr. E** · 04-24-2009, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by gwahir

No, that's not what a paradox is. A lot of people make that mistake. It's a causal loop -- something which causes itself and has no outside causation.

EDIT: A paradox requires contradiction, I think.

You are correct by virtue of conventional logic.

**captain castle** · 04-24-2009, 06:18 AM

Originally Posted by gwahir

No, that's not what a paradox is. A lot of people make that mistake. It's a causal loop -- something which causes itself and has no outside causation.

EDIT: A paradox requires contradiction, I think.

Here's the thing

You're Jewish

JEWISH

Thus I'm right