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[[Special:Contributions/172.10.140.8|172.10.140.8]]<sup>[[User talk:172.10.140.8#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:23, July 7, 2013 (UTC) simple and straightforward: if the name Amy chose for her child came from her childhood best friend, Melody, how did the name originate in Amy's head? | [[Special:Contributions/172.10.140.8|172.10.140.8]]<sup>[[User talk:172.10.140.8#top|talk to me]]</sup> 05:23, July 7, 2013 (UTC) simple and straightforward: if the name Amy chose for her child came from her childhood best friend, Melody, how did the name originate in Amy's head? | ||
:That's the beauty of information that's the subject of a temporal paradox: it's not a line, there is no start point, it's just a continuous circular loop. It only exists because it already existed. Such is also called a "[[wikipedia:Bootstrap paradox|bootstrap paradox]]", as someone can't pull themselves up by their own bootstraps (try it, you'll see). —[[User:BioniclesaurKing4t2|BioniclesaurKing4t2]] - [[User talk:BioniclesaurKing4t2|"Hello, I'm the Doctor.]] [[Special:Contributions/BioniclesaurKing4t2|Basically, . . . ''run''."]] 21:49, July 7, 2013 (UTC) | :That's the beauty of information that's the subject of a temporal paradox: it's not a line, there is no start point, it's just a continuous circular loop. It only exists because it already existed. Such is also called a "[[wikipedia:Bootstrap paradox|bootstrap paradox]]", as someone can't pull themselves up by their own bootstraps (try it, you'll see). —[[User:BioniclesaurKing4t2|BioniclesaurKing4t2]] - [[User talk:BioniclesaurKing4t2|"Hello, I'm the Doctor.]] [[Special:Contributions/BioniclesaurKing4t2|Basically, . . . ''run''."]] 21:49, July 7, 2013 (UTC) | ||
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172.10.140.8talk to me 05:23, July 7, 2013 (UTC) simple and straightforward: if the name Amy chose for her child came from her childhood best friend, Melody, how did the name originate in Amy's head?
- That's the beauty of information that's the subject of a temporal paradox: it's not a line, there is no start point, it's just a continuous circular loop. It only exists because it already existed. Such is also called a "bootstrap paradox", as someone can't pull themselves up by their own bootstraps (try it, you'll see). —BioniclesaurKing4t2 - "Hello, I'm the Doctor. Basically, . . . run." 21:49, July 7, 2013 (UTC)
