“A book cannot exist with words that were never written.”

By: Binod Subedi

TL;DR:

The Binod Variant™ presents a solution to the bootstrap paradox. Information (such as a book’s content) cannot be sent back to the past before it has been created. If the origin of the information does not exist in the timeline, it cannot manifest in the past. If the information has already been created, authorship is already decided. This resolves the paradox by ensuring information is tied to its creator and timeline.

Abstract

The Bootstrap Paradox: Binod Variant™ introduces a new approach to the classical bootstrap paradox, where information is sent back in time and appears to exist without an origin. In this version, the information’s manifestation depends on its causal origin — it can only exist in the past if it has already been created in the timeline. The physical object, such as a book, may appear in the past, but its contents only manifest if the information is already present in the timeline.

The Classic Bootstrap Paradox

In the traditional bootstrap paradox, we imagine a person traveling back in time and giving Shakespeare a copy of Hamlet before it was written. Shakespeare publishes the book, and the same book ends up being brought back in time. The paradox arises when we ask:

Who actually wrote Hamlet?

This creates a loop with no origin, causing the book to exist without a clear creator, defying logic and breaking our understanding of cause-and-effect, information, and entropy.

Enter the Binod Variant

In the Binod Variant™, we resolve the paradox with a simple yet profound change:

If information is sent to the past before it has been created, it cannot manifest. Specifically, if someone were to give Shakespeare a copy of Hamlet before he had thought of it, the book would be empty. It would not contain any words, because the information — the content of the book — has not yet been created.

However, if Shakespeare has already created the book (in his own past), then the book will contain its full text. The content is causally dependent on its origin. This version aligns with the idea that information must have a timeline-consistent source.

Scientific Interpretation

The Binod Variant™ is grounded in concepts of causality and quantum mechanics:

Causal Consistency: Information cannot exist in the past unless it has already been created in that timeline. The universe adheres to a

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