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If I travelled back in time to when I was younger wouldn't that mean my younger self would have already seen my current self as I'd have already visited from the future? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Ste41th@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So I’d have already seen my self travel back in time and am just repeating what’s already happened. Which would mean I’d have already seen my current self in advance and am now just experiencing the same event from the other way around?

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[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Can't go back in time, not because of time itself as much but because of the chain of causality. It's a fantasy. And, from what I understand, many worlds is lazy fiction at worst (it's okay if it's just a characteristic of the setting and not the main reason everything works and the plot goes forward, idk 🤷), and an unconvincing and convoluted interpretation at best.