Time Travel Paradox Gets a Logical Solution

Time travel has always fascinated us, whether it’s in movies, books, or just daydreams. But there’s a big puzzle that comes with it: what if you travel back in time and change something, like stopping your grandparents from meeting? How would that affect your existence today?

Recently, scientists have come up with a solution to this paradox, called the “grandfather paradox.” Instead of creating a wild never-ending circle of changes, they suggest time travel might work differently. These researchers from Australia think that if you did change something in the past, history would adjust itself somehow. So, the big changes you make might not lead to a disaster like erasing yourself from existence. Instead, time itself finds a way to fix the problem and things get back on track over time.

Think of it like a river flowing. Even if you try to block the stream with some rocks, the water finds a way around it and continues flowing downstream. This new idea suggests that instead of being trapped by strange loops where the past and future keep changing, time keeps moving forward in a consistent way.

While we’re still far from jumping into a time machine like in our favorite sci-fi shows, this theory helps us understand how time travel could potentially not lead to chaos. And who knows, maybe one day it will be as normal as taking a plane ride!

Source: Popular Mechanics
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a63395644/time-travel-paradox-solved/