The image depicts a flowchart explaining the Grandfather Paradox, a theoretical paradox of time travel. Here’s a summary of the sequence:
I’m born – The starting point where the individual exists.
I create a time machine – The individual invents or gains access to time travel technology.
I go into the past – The individual travels back in time.
I kill my grandfather – In the past, the individual kills their own grandfather before the individual’s father is conceived.
My father is not born – As a result, the individual’s father is never born.
I’m not born – Consequently, the individual is never born.
I don’t create a time machine – Since the individual was never born, they never create the time machine.
I can’t go into the past – Without the time machine, the individual cannot travel back in time.
My grandfather is alive – The grandfather continues to live because the individual never went back to kill him.
My father is born – The individual’s father is born as a result.
This leads back to the initial point where I’m born, creating a loop that paradoxically negates the sequence of events that led to the individual’s existence. The paradox arises because if the individual was never born, they couldn’t have gone back in time to kill their grandfather, yet the grandfather’s death would prevent the individual from being born, and so on. This paradox highlights the logical inconsistencies in time travel scenarios where causality is disrupted.