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bootstrap paradox

noun

Etymology

Compare bootstrap, pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, etc.

Definitions

  1. A time travel paradox in which the consequences of an event in the future travel back in…

    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 each event is caused by the other.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bootstrap paradox. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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