If you went back in time......

Danthus · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:31

And fathered a child, would it be possible that in the future that child could be your father?

Discuss.

NoobCannon · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:31

Slow morning at the office?

Danthus · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:33

Yeah.

Off today, I was watching Goodnight Sweetheart on the Drama channel and the question came up.

Just throwing it out there really.

oHUTCHYo · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:34

Erm, would it not just be your son, past-tense and present? YOUR father would still be you Dad, if you went back in time or not. Wait... I don't know.

/Coat.

randal · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:35

Sounds like someone would be doing the nasty in the pasty.

Past nastification if you will.

D3K · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:37

There was a film out last year which dealt with this theory. I can't even name it because doing so would spoil it. That's my little paradox right there.

jsmoke · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:38

Bit of a poor post for a man of your capabilities.

LizardKing · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:38

According to Red Dwarf it can be!

Bennie-Mac · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:38

Rroff · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:39

If you think thats bad watch Predestination heh.

CREATIVE!11 · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:39

What?

D3K · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:43

D3K said:
There was a film out last year which dealt with this theory. I can't even name it because doing so would spoil it. That's my little paradox right there.

Rroff said:
If you think thats bad watch Predestination heh.

Such consideration... :rolleyes:

FoxEye · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:47

OldCoals said:
And fathered a child, would it be possible that in the future that child could be your father?

Discuss.

Are you saying you'd like to go back in time and have sex with your grandmother? Coz that's kind of creepy...

Mr-White · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:48

LizardKing said:
According to Red Dwarf it can be!

And Futurama

MW

Gilly · 5 Nov 2015 at 13:49

OldCoals said:
And fathered a child, would it be possible that in the future that child could be your father?

Discuss.

No.

How could you be introduced to the timeline initially with such a circular argument?

Zogger · 5 Nov 2015 at 14:02

of course the answer is no (in spite of red dwarf), if you have a child with any of your ancestors the offspring is not magically one of their existing children because the dna would be different, regardless of what point in time it happns

Mat · 5 Nov 2015 at 14:05

Bill Door · 5 Nov 2015 at 14:05

The introduction to the timeline would be the standard one of being born, assuming reverse time travel were possible then I can't see any logical inconsistency in this.

Unlike the grandfather paradox whereby a person interferes to prevent the birth of their father, you would be doing the opposite and causing the birth, so not changing anything that happened in the past.

That said, you would still have to bang your gran, which is just plain weird no matter which way you look at it.

HazardO · 5 Nov 2015 at 14:08

Bah, Hitchhikers guide did that one a long time ago..

wikipedia said:
Zaphod Beeblebrox /ˈzeɪfɒd ˈbiːbəlbrɒks/ is a fictional character in the various versions of the humorous science fiction story The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

He is from a planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, and is a "semi-half-cousin" of Ford Prefect, with whom he "shares three of the same mothers". Because of "an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine", his direct ancestors from his father are also his direct descendants (see Zaphod Beeblebrox the Fourth).

Gilly · 5 Nov 2015 at 14:16

Bill Door said:
The introduction to the timeline would be the standard one of being born, assuming reverse time travel were possible then I can't see any logical inconsistency in this.

Unlike the grandfather paradox whereby a person interferes to prevent the birth of their father, you would be doing the opposite and causing the birth, so not changing anything that happened in the past.

That said, you would still have to bang your gran, which is just plain weird no matter which way you look at it.

How does your father exist the first time around for us to get to a timeline in which you can travel back in time to sire him?