A Thousand Days Of Yesterdays

clipped from discovermagazine.com A series of quantum experiments shows that measurements performed in the future can influence the present. Jeff Tollaksen may well believe he was destined to be here at this point in time. We’re on a boat in the Atlantic, and it’s not a pleasant trip. The torrential rain obscures the otherwise majestic backdrop of the volcanic Azorean islands, and the choppy waters are causing the boat to lurch. The rough sea has little effect on Tollaksen, barely bringing color to his Nordic complexion. This is second nature to him; he grew up around boats. Everyone would agree that events in his past have prepared him for today’s excursion. But Tollaksen and his colleagues are investigating a far stranger possibility: It may be not only his past that has led him here today, but his future as well. Tollaksen’s group is looking into the notion that time might flow backward, allowing the future to influence the past.

Time since come and gone... where's the start and where's the end...