In Steins;Gate, aren't the time machine crash and screaming mutually exclusive?


> When the time machine crash occurs, the time machine is damaged, because
> John Titor didn't calculate the co-ordinates correctly, so she can't travel
> back in time, ergo, Okabe can't go with her, and thus he can't scream. But
> in case of screaming, it was Okabe who went back in time, so the time
> machine landed correctly, ergo, no crash happened.

Despite this, the first episode shows both of them happening same day.

Aren't these two events contradicting each other?




If I get your question correctly, then the answer is NO. Those **do not**
contradict each other because

> the events you described above (first half of episode 1) happen in **the
> Beta Worldline**. In the Beta Worldline, the time machine is complete -
> hence there was no coordinate error and the machine did not crash. The time
> machine only crashed on **the Alpha Worldline**.

