2007-05-29 17:00:00 · 5 answers · asked by Greg P 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
While you're here, is there a genealogy question we may try to help with?
2007-05-29 17:13:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You are, of course, referring to "The Grandfather Paradox"--an argument used to refute the idea of possible time travel (at least into the past). If you went back in time and murdered your grandfather, you would cease to exist yourself, hence making the whole trip back in time impossible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandfather_paradox
http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/glossary/grandfather_paradox.html
2007-05-30 00:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why not? If you can exist in the past when you have not been born yet, why couldn't you exist without having been born at all?
I nonetheless think that time travel is impossible - apart from one-way trips to the future, of course!
2007-05-30 13:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back to the Future, eh?
2007-05-30 08:03:43 · answer #4 · answered by GenevievesMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why! this is genealogy.
2007-05-30 00:30:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋