The Grandfather Paradox Explained

So you've heard of the Grandfather Paradox, have you? Well, let me tell you, it's a real brain-twister.

What is the Grandfather Paradox?

It's a paradox that states if a grandfather was to travel back in time and kill his own grandfather before his father was born, then that would mean that the grandfather was never born, and if he was never born, then the man who killed him was never born either, and that's where we get stuck.

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But don't worry, it's not as confusing as it sounds. It's just a fancy way of saying that time travel is weird.

Want to learn about other time paradoxes?

Other Time Paradoxes

Check out our guide to the Bootstrap Paradox, the Predestination Paradox, and the Novikov Self-Consistency Principle.

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