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New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox

Posted by Zonk on from the i'm-my-own-grandpa dept.

goldfishy writes "If you went back in time and met your teenage parents, you could not split them up and prevent your birth - even if you wanted to, a new quantum model has stated. Researchers speculate that time travel can occur within a kind of feedback loop where backwards movement is possible, but only in a way that is 'complementary' to the present. In theory, you could go back in time and meet your infant father but you could not kill him." From the article: "Quantum behaviour is governed by probabilities. Before something has actually been observed, there are a number of possibilities regarding its state. But once its state has been measured those possibilities shrink to one - uncertainty is eliminated."

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  1. Unless of course... by Anti+Frozt · · Score: 1, Redundant

    You become your own grandfather.

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  2. Re:Verifying the Theory by Fortyseven · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Yeah, but then we'd never know Marty existed, and we'd have to test it on someone else over and over into infinity.

    Okay, [hated group] form a line to the left!

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  3. I though slashdot wouldn't let you do that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am my own grand father!

  4. Re:You insensitive clod! by ms1234 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I am my own grandfather!

    Hello Fry.