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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 3 days ago* (last edited 3 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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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

There are a few different ways fiction has dealt with that. Like one once you do it it updates time and you then remember it once you did it in the future, another you come back to there being two of you the non traveler who remembers and the traveler who does not. In some cases the world is changed but in others a new parralell world is made and sometimes the characters just don't know. you could also have a thing where you return and everything is exactly the same but a parralell world was made that you just don't go to when you return.