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bootstrap paradoxes

bootstrap paradoxes is the plural of bootstrap paradox.

Meaning of bootstrap paradox

Noun

bootstrap paradox (plural bootstrap paradoxes)

  1. A time travel paradox in which the consequences of an event in the future travel back in time and cause an event in the past or present, which in turn is among the causes of the first event, forming a causal loop in which each event is caused by the other.

Questions about bootstrap paradoxes

What is bootstrap paradoxes the plural of?
Bootstrap paradoxes is the plural of bootstrap paradox.

Words near bootstrap paradoxes in the dictionary

  1. bootstrap aggregation
  2. bootstrap aggregations
  3. bootstrap model
  4. bootstrap models
  5. bootstrap paradox
  6. bootstrap paradoxes
  7. bootstrappable
  8. bootstrapped
  9. bootstrapper
  10. bootstrappers
  11. bootstrapping

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