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[–] iii@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How could you destroy 2, if there's only one?

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's why it would fuck over causality. If I destroyed 1 that could be the natural end of the electrons "life" of bouncing back and forth through time. I would need to destroy a 2nd which would then have to be the same electron from earlier in it's timeline.

[–] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ah, you're viewing it as a timetravellers' dilemma.

My view was more that we're an observer in the lagrangian solution to the differential equation we call life. The electron, being a constant in the equation. Remove the electron, you alter the equation, therefore destroying known life.