Doesn't this cause a circular time travel problem?
In Terminator 2, it is revealed that the small computer chip that was left after the T-800 was destroyed in Terminator 1 was used as a springboard for the development of Skynet.
shareMan, you are way late to this party...
shareYou didn't answer the question regarding whether or not this causes a circular time travel problem? So don't give me that "I'm late to the party" crap.
https://www.quora.com/In-Terminator-2-it-is-revealed-that-the-small-computer-chip-that-was-left-after-T1-Arnie-was-destroyed-in-Terminator-1-was-used-as-a-springboard-for-the-development-of-Skynet-Doesnt-this-cause-a-circular-time-travel-problem
Oops, my bad. This is the T2 board and the thread I was thinking of is on the DF board.
https://moviechat.org/tt6450804/Terminator-Dark-Fate/5dcd7260caec266d6ed60a2a/So-now-Kyle-never-existed
Read my various replies.
TLDR version:
Similar to what your own linked article sez, there is no closed loop, just new timelines that may or may not closely resemble the previous version.
The changes may be big and dramatic, or they may be occurring only at an atomic level. The faux-loop didn't always exist. And it can collapse altogether -- as appears to be the case in DF (I haven't seen it though and don't expect to unless on VOD).