Temporal Philosophy · hl-2026-0139 · 2026-09-18
Bidirectional Temporal Flow: A Narrative Framework for Two-Way Causality
Oren Vashkellow — Quillmoor College of Thought Experiments
Premise: What if time flowed in both directions?
Abstract
This speculative note explores a universe where time proceeds forward and backward simultaneously. We sketch how memory, conversation, and planning might function, and identify paradoxes that any consistent narrative would need to resolve.
1. Introduction
Our intuition that the past is fixed and the future open is deeply embedded in language. We ask what remains if that asymmetry disappears.
2. Model
We posit two observers per event: one experiencing it forward and one in reverse, sharing a single midpoint 'present'.
3. Implications
Greetings and farewells might merge. Planning would resemble remembering, and surprise would become a scarce resource.
Conclusion
Bidirectional time is fertile ground for fiction; formal consistency remains an open question.