Time Travel Paradox

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Scene

        A policeman Jack in uniform came to a beach for an investigation. He was searching for some clues in a murder case. After an hour, he got very tired and impatient. When he was about to leave the beach, he heard a whoosh behind him. He subconsciously ignored due to tiredness. Immediately after the sound, there was a constant buzzing sound and noticeable vibration in air. Jack turned in surprised. A strange looking black car appeared out of nowhere. He had no idea what type of car was that with a very big fuel tank. He became skeptical about it. So he removed the pistol and got ready for action.

        The door opened and an injured man X in police uniform came out. His face was too bloodied to recognize. Jack ran toward him to help, as X too was in police uniform. But he maintained pistol in his hand to avoid any risk. X got frightened and ran away from him. X being policeman too, tired as well as careful, with hoarse voice shouted at him.

        X removed his pistol and shot Jack. Not once but twice, one on his face and other on his left arm. X seems to have no intention to leave Jack alive, so he shoots few more. But Jack runs and escapes and takes refuge behind a rock. Bullets in X’s pistol finishes. Taking advantage Jack came out and shoots X on his chest. X dies on the spot.

        Jack himself losing lot of blood and started feeling unconscious. He couldn't even go to his own car parked outside the beach on the road. He saw X’s car and decided to use it to go to the nearest hospital. The functions of car were totally strange. He pressed anything, any button he saw, to start the car. The engine started but the car didn't move. He tried for more than a minute. When nothing worked, as he was losing blood, he got impatient and he got out of the car.

        When Jack got out of the car, he unconsciously saw a man in police uniform in front of him. He was shocked to see X back to his feet. X was coming towards him. Jack shouted at X and removed the pistol but due to his physical state, he was not able to aim at him.

        Jack randomly shot at him twice, one on his face and other on his left arm. He shoots few more but X runs and escapes and takes refuge behind a rock. Bullets in his pistol finishes. Taking advantage X came out and shoots Jack on his chest. Jack dies on the spot.


Explanation

  1. The car, in which X came, was a Time Machine and X was Jack’s older self (15 minutes older) who came from the future in the Time Machine.

  1. When Jack got injured and killed his older self X and went in the Time Machine, pressed buttons in attempt to start the car, he went in the past (15 minutes in past) and himself became X for the younger Jack (15 minutes younger).

  1. THE TIME LINE NEVER CHANGED AND STAYED IN EQUILIBRIUM IN SPITE OF TIME TRAVELLING.


For People

  1. The body of Jack was found on the beach and no signs of the murderer. But, the body found was of X, the older Jack who came from the future.

  1. People will notice that Jack is shot thrice with his own pistol and his own bullets. But X is shot twice in future and just once at present by Jack.

  1. TIME MACHINE WAS NEVER INVENTED AND ALSO NEVER DISCOVERED BUT STILL IT WAS USED. Even if the time machine was invented, how did it come into this loop system in equilibrium? BOOTSTRAP PARADOX.
Arguable Flaws

  1. There were 2 Jack’s at the same time (in those 15 minutes).

  1. When X came from the future, the mass of the Universe increased by the mass equal to X’s Mass and when Jack went to the past, the mass of the Universe decreased by the mass equal to Jack’s Mass and regained its earlier state, because Jack is almost equal to X in every respect.

  1. Theory doesn't explain the theory by third person point of view. Because for the third person (if any i.e. any other point of reference), X in time machine appeared and Jack in time machine disappeared.

  1. If carbon dating is performed on Jack’s body before the incident and on Jack’s dead body, it can be found out that the body is older (by 15 minutes) than it should be.

  1. Also for the people, Mr. Nobody killed Jack.

  1. It seems the Time is in equilibrium, but it is not. The Time Machine which is used continuously is same all the time. What will happen if fuel in the Time Machine is finished? The loop will change for sure.

  1. If fuel is decreasing, then with what amount of fuel would it have started? Infinite? When will the fuel end? Then what?

  1. This makes the time machine independent of fuel. How?

No Change of state of Universe (other than those 15 minutes)

  1. Only one (dead) Jack left in time line later, one who came from the future. Real Jack went in the past.

  1. Also Time Machine came from the future and went to the past. So it wasn't found either.

  1. Jack going in the past doesn't change the time line because he did the same in the past that X (Jack who came from the future) did.

  1. The total mass of the Universe is regained as X came from the future and Jack went to the past and because Jack is almost equal to X in every respect.

  1. Even the number of bullets and pistol in the time becomes same after 15 minutes.

The instant change in Mass of Universe

  1. Going in the chronological order, when X appear in the present from the future, (forget about the future) the Mass of the Universe instantly increases by mass of X.

  1. For conservation of mass and considering Einstein’s Mass-Energy equation E = M * c^2, it is possible that at that time, equal amount of energy in the time is decreased or equal amount of negative energy is generated by the time-shift.

  1. And when Jack goes to the past, the mass of the Universe is decreased instantly by Jack’s mass.

  1. It is possible that negative mass is generated and so equal amount of positive energy is generated to conserve the negative mass.



  1. Or when X or Jack traveled in time from one time to another, the amount of energy equal to mass from the time where they appeared was transferred to the time from where they disappeared.

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