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View submission: This guy is a time traveler ..
The guy tapping him on the shoulder is himself from the future/past
Comment by Yawgmoth2020 at 02/05/2020 at 16:44 UTC
16 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If it's him from the future, how did he know to go back?
Comment by phlipphlopp at 02/05/2020 at 19:20 UTC
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This is the time traveler paradox in metaphysics. The guy has to travel back in time to save himself, there is no original time traveler because if the man did not travel back in time then he would be dead and therefore unable to travel back in time to save himself. The only solution is that there has always been the time traveler to save himself in order for him to survive and repeat the process.