Welcome, fellow time traveler, to Novikov's Time Paradox Pit. This pit is dedicated to exploring the most mind-bending, logic-defying conundrums of time travel.
According to our esteemed physicist, Igor Novikov, "a closed timelike curve is not just a mathematical concept, but a pit of confusion."
Read about the paradox explained.So, you're wondering what a Novikov Paradox is, huh?
Well, it's simple: if time travel is possible, why do we still exist in a world with a fixed past?
Think about it: if time travelers can go back in time, wouldn't they have already fixed all the problems of the past, making our current timeline redundant?
But wait, if they did, wouldn't that create a paradox, where our timeline is no longer fixed, but rather... a pit of paradoxes?
We've got some solutions for you, time traveler:
1. Predestination: if everything is predetermined, then our current timeline is just a predetermined outcome.
2. Novikovian Multiverse: multiple parallel universes, each with their own timeline.