I’ll be back… or not

The Philosophers' Magazine 45 (45):102-105 (2009)
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Abstract

There is a serious flaw in The Terminator which pretty much ruins the storyline. The problem is about Kyle Reese, who must enter the time-displacement equipment in the future, sometime after the Terminator had already entered it. We call this the “Bad Timing Problem”.

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1354814X

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10.5840/tpm20094586

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Robert A. Delfino
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