bootstrap paradox

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Noun

1. A [[time travel]] [[paradox]] in which the [[consequence]]s of an [[event]] in the [[future]] [[travel]] [[back]] in [[time]] and [[cause]] an [[event]] in the [[past]] or [[present]], which [[in turn]] is among the [[cause]]s of the [[first]] [[event]], [[form]]ing a [[causal loop]] in which each [[event]] is [[cause]]d by the other.

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