The Circular Causality Paradox
The narrator of Robert Heinlein's "-All You Zombies-" time travels, changes sex, begets and bears him/herself and concludes that no one else exists. Non sequitur: It does not follow.
The Causality Violation Paradox
Wanda Tamberly of the Time Patrol experiences variable reality and concludes that "'...there is nothing out there, no firm reality...'" (The Shield Of Time, p. 433) Again: Non sequitur.
I am experiencing multiple reality as, on a single lap top, I post on this blog while listening to a national public meeting and simultaneously enjoy the comfort of our kitchen.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Wanda's doubts and fears reminded me of the Anglican Bishop Berkeley's somewhat similar ideas and how Dr. Johnson refuted him!
Ad astra! Sean
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