Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Why Time Travel to the Past is Impossible" video.
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There is no conflict in going back in time. Do a simple thought exercise. Travel to the future. You are doing that right now. Pick a target, say, an hour from now. You can choose several different futures. You could get in your car, go somewhere, rob a bank, shoot yourself, etc. Any number of different futures. Since there are N different futures you can pick from, it stands to reason there are N paths to get from any past to your present NOW. If you travel to the past, manage to find that past (out of all the possible pasts), that have a hitler ready to take on the world, and kill him, then you would not be coming back to this future again but a different one.
The difference is if you believe there is ONLY one past and ONE future. Since you already believe that there are N different futures, your belief that there is only ONE possible past is not a reasonable belief.
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