The Temporal Congestion Paradox: A Logical Limit to Time Travel in a Single-Continuum Universe

This paper proposes a novel paradox rooted in collective behavior rather than individual causality – a self-negating mechanism that may render time travel to the past impossible at the moment of the time machine's creation.

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OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
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2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/tsz3y
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Origins and Evolution of Life
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The Temporal Congestion Paradox: A Logical Limit to Time Travel in a Single-Continuum Universe

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The Temporal Congestion Paradox: A Logical Limit to Time Travel in a Single-Continuum Universe

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Abstract

This paper proposes a novel paradox rooted in collective behavior rather than individual causality – a self-negating mechanism that may render time travel to the past impossible at the moment of the time machine's creation.

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