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Does logic rule out the possibility that someone could travel into the past and affect events so that they turn out otherwise than we remember them?
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May 26, 2017

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Does logic rule out the

Stephen Maitzen
June 8, 2017 (changed June 8, 2017) Permalink

Does logic rule out the possibility that someone could travel into the past and affect events so that they turn out otherwise than we remember them?

No, because our memory of those events could be mistaken.

But:

Does logic rule out the possibility that someone could travel into the past and affect events so that they turn out otherwise than they in fact did?

Yes, so far as I can see.

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