bootstrap paradox

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bootstrap paradox (plural bootstrap paradoxes)

A time travel paradox in which something arrives from the future, and then is eventually sent to the past, forming a causal loop.

See also

grandfather paradox

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