The Bootstrap Paradox

3-Second Blueprint (English)

1. The bootstrap paradox arises when an object or idea sent backward in time causes its own future transmission, leaving it with no origin.
2. Closed causal loops challenge linear cause-and-effect and free will unless backward travel branches into an independent parallel timeline.
3. A physical item trapped in a causal loop also conflicts with the second law of thermodynamics, as wear and entropy would steadily build.