Closed timelike curves

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Worldlines that loop back to their own past

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Jim Al-KhaliliFutureproof with Jonathan McCrea · Jim Al-Khalili on time and time travel · 29:48 · 6 Sep
…So Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for what are called closed timelike curves.…
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UnknownTheories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Curt Jaimungal: General Relativity Is NOT Deterministic (Her... · 1:04 · 12 Mar
…General relativity allows closed timeline curves, and you could say in some sense circumstances it even encourages them to happen.…
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