So in that situation then, by bumping into your father and delaying him by one second, you ensure that YOUR little swimmer who would later become YOU made it across home plate, otherwise you would have never went back in time to actually delay your father. So you're actually pre-destined to delay your father, otherwise you would not have been born.
It would be impossible to change the future from the past, because if you had decided to not go back in time, it wouldn't actually be you deciding that, but one of the other million sperm that instead impregnated your mother.
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So in that situation then, by bumping into your father and delaying him by one second, you ensure that YOUR little swimmer who would later become YOU made it across home plate, otherwise you would have never went back in time to actually delay your father. So you're actually pre-destined to delay your father, otherwise you would not have been born. It would be impossible to change the future from the past, because if you had decided to not go back in time, it wouldn't actually be you deciding that, but one of the other million sperm that instead impregnated your mother. Still with me here?