In our heads, we have models of the past and models of the future. Sure, there is an asymmetry between knowing the past and the future - due to thermodynamics. Still, in both cases, it is good to think of these as probabilistic models, far from any certainty.
Once all the observers forget their story or they disappear, the past "fact" disappears from collective memory, unless that story was passed to newer generations by speech, writing, etc.
Makes sense to me. Consciousness forms a closure over a deletion mechanism towards less and less paths over time. Eventually inconsistent architecture. It’s exactly what the universe needs.
Would you please elaborate on this?
I interpret GP's reference to thermodynamics/entropy as generating the "arrow (asymmetry) of time,"[0]
Which exists (at least for us matter-based beings) as remembering the "past," but not the "future," and local fluctuations in entropy don't affect that at all.
In other contexts, also known as the gambler's fallacy if I recall.