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IN A WORLD WHERE TIME FLEW BACKWARDS,
PAST WOULD BE FUTURE
Because every event is shown to us in a definite series, we think that time always moves forward. For
example, a skier always skies down a mountain, not up it. A drop of water does not rise up from a pool,
but always falls down into it. In this situation, a skier's position on a mountain is in the past, while his
position down the mountain is the future. However, if the information in our memories were to be dis-
played in reverse, as we would rewind a film, what is for us the future, that is the downhill position,
would be the past and the past, that is the uphill position, would be the future.
