bootstrap paradox
English
Etymology
Compare bootstrap, pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, etc.
Noun
bootstrap paradox (plural bootstrap paradoxes)
- A time travel paradox in which the consequences of an event in the future travel back in time and cause an event in the past or present, which in turn is among the causes of the first event, forming a causal loop in which both events are caused by each other.
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