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{{quote|''A paradox can be paradoctored.''|[[Robert A. Heinlein]]}} |
{{quote|''A paradox can be paradoctored.''|[[Robert A. Heinlein]]}} |
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{{quote|''"I hate time travel."''|'''[[Mega Man ( |
{{quote|''"I hate time travel."''|'''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]''', '''George''', [[Running Gag|and many others]], ''[[Bob and George]]''}} |
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''"An interesting idea," Professor Johnson said. "I had not thought of it, and [[For Science!|it will be interesting to try.]]"''|[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29948/29948-h/29948-h.htm "Experiment"] by [[Fredric Brown]]}} |
''"An interesting idea," Professor Johnson said. "I had not thought of it, and [[For Science!|it will be interesting to try.]]"''|[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29948/29948-h/29948-h.htm "Experiment"] by [[Fredric Brown]]}} |
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{{quote|"The best way to deal with temporal paradoxes is not to think about them."|'''Captain Kathryn Janeway''' ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]''}} |
{{quote|"The best way to deal with temporal paradoxes is not to think about them."|'''Captain Kathryn Janeway''' ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''}} |
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{{quote|'''Dr. Emmett 'Doc' Brown:''' ''...the encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and [[The End of the World |
{{quote|'''Dr. Emmett 'Doc' Brown:''' ''...the encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and [[The End of the World as We Know It|destroy the entire universe]]! Granted that's a worst case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.''<br /> |
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'''Marty McFly''': ''[[Sarcasm Mode|Well, that's a relief]].''|''[[Back to The Future]]: Part II''}} |
'''Marty McFly''': ''[[Sarcasm Mode|Well, that's a relief]].''|''[[Back to The Future]]: Part II''}} |
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'''Sisko''': ''"No, no, not at all."''<br /> |
'''Sisko''': ''"No, no, not at all."''<br /> |
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'''Agent #1''': ''"Good."''<br /> |
'''Agent #1''': ''"Good."''<br /> |
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'''Agent #2''': ''"We ''hate'' those."''|''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', "Trials and Tribble-ations"}} |
'''Agent #2''': ''"We ''hate'' those."''|''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', "Trials and Tribble-ations"}} |
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{{quote|'''Future Shego:''' Listen, we don't have a lot of time. Ok, actually, we do. Well... we will.<br /> |
{{quote|'''Future Shego:''' Listen, we don't have a lot of time. Ok, actually, we do. Well... we will.<br /> |
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{{quote|''"If nature abhors a vacuum, nature loathes, abominates, and despises a paradox, and I haven't much stomach for them myself."''|'''Augustus''', ''[[Tour of the Merrimack]]: The Myriad''}} |
{{quote|''"If nature abhors a vacuum, nature loathes, abominates, and despises a paradox, and I haven't much stomach for them myself."''|'''Augustus''', ''[[Tour of the Merrimack]]: The Myriad''}} |
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{{quote|''"This next test may involve trace amounts of time travel, so, word of advice, if you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward...."''|''[[Large Ham|Cave Johnson]]'', ''[[ |
{{quote|''"This next test may involve trace amounts of time travel, so, word of advice, if you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward...."''|''[[Large Ham|Cave Johnson]]'', ''[[Portal 2]]''}} |
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Revision as of 03:24, 9 April 2014
"on the request of your grandfather, you went back in time using a time machine made by your grandfather to kill said —anonymous
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"So...uh, don't you ever worry 'bout paradox?" |
A paradox can be paradoctored.
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"I hate time travel."
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Snake! You can't go changing the future like that! You've created a TIME PARADOX!
—Colonel Roy Campbell, Metal Gear Solid 3
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"One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is also no problem about changing the course of history...the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end."
—Hitchhiker's Guide, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
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"No matter what, you can't die, because would mean that I would cease to exist, right? But, I was here before when I was you. I'm so confused!"
—Future You, World of Warcraft
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"See? Five minutes before I shall place it there, it is there!" |
"The best way to deal with temporal paradoxes is not to think about them."
—Captain Kathryn Janeway Star Trek: Voyager
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Dr. Emmett 'Doc' Brown: ...the encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Granted that's a worst case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy. —Back to The Future: Part II
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"Anyone who has not gotten a headache contemplating the paradoxes of time travel has never really understood the concept."
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Temporal Investigations agent #1: "You're not trying to claim a Predestination Paradox, are you? That you were always meant to go back in time?" —Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Trials and Tribble-ations"
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Future Shego: Listen, we don't have a lot of time. Ok, actually, we do. Well... we will. —Kim Possible, A Sitch In Time
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"If nature abhors a vacuum, nature loathes, abominates, and despises a paradox, and I haven't much stomach for them myself."
—Augustus, Tour of the Merrimack: The Myriad
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"This next test may involve trace amounts of time travel, so, word of advice, if you meet yourself on the testing track, don't make eye contact. Lab boys tell me that'll wipe out time. Entirely. Forward and backward...."
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