Determinism, Free Will and Paradox

[bennyboy]

If I removed your mother then I'd expect you to flicker, if I removed you then I would expect you to flicker (and in both cases I would expect to find no "future you"). If I removed your future self I wouldn't expect your present or past self to flicker, no. I wouldn't expect that, because we end people all the time and it doesn't seem to have that effect. So, no...I don't think that removing -just any- strand changes the -whole- picture. Some "threads in the tapestry", sure, but not all.

Yeah, but gravity.