Talk:Laplace/@comment-50.185.70.62-20150319050407/@comment-69.92.66.203-20151213070034

Firstly, time paradox is difficult. It's true that Rudi doesn't have multiple timelines, however his timeline did bisect when his future self of the current timeline came back in time and altered the timeline. This, in itself, creates an impossible loop where there is only one timeline with him in it, yet there are more than one... at the same time he changes the timeline but doing so would result in that future never taking place meaning he'd never go back in time... Rinse repeat... So in regards to this: There is no valid explaination for or against it. Nothing can be determined from it.

To further complicate matters... Until this point this specific Rudi is the first, this much is absolute. This is why it is impossible to determine exactly what effect Rudi will have on this specific loop. Look at the Zanoba arc. Nobody, Orsted included, had any idea exactly how it would turn out. The more of the future that Rudi effects the less certain Orsted's predictions could be. Like the fate of Rudi's second daughter, similar could happen down the line. Though Orsted said Laplace would not be born of Rudi's family, it's actually impossible for him to know because Rudi and his bloodline are an unknown variable.

I do like the OP's Laplace demon thought though. That comparison could have some pretty serious implications on the series. I haven't finished yet so I had wondered if there was some kind of connection. I'll have to wait and see.