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** modern points of view fail to appreciate the conditions and choices that led to their own modern, contemporaneous conditions and the choices they face. | ** modern points of view fail to appreciate the conditions and choices that led to their own modern, contemporaneous conditions and the choices they face. | ||
* the "trap" occurs by negating the value of an historical moment while failing to identify that event as necessary and sufficient for the present day | * the "trap" occurs by negating the value of an historical moment while failing to identify that event as necessary and sufficient for the present day | ||
* "traps" create a [[Paradox|paradox]] | |||
==== Grandfather paradox ==== | ==== Grandfather paradox ==== | ||
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* was expressed in 1931 in a reader letter to a science fiction magazine that discussed: | * was expressed in 1931 in a reader letter to a science fiction magazine that discussed: | ||
<pre>"the age-old argument of preventing your birth by killing your grandparents"</pre> | <pre>"the age-old argument of preventing your birth by killing your grandparents"</pre> | ||
==== Tyrants paradox === | |||
* local leaders are chosen by the dominant power | |||
* but do not have support of local population | |||
==== Utopia paradox ==== | ==== Utopia paradox ==== | ||