If oblivion is only a collapse
in Many Worlds interpretation
it’s only apparent.
All other Eigenstates with non-zero
expansion coefficients correspond
to equally real worlds.
It was a path for his research
but a multiple path.
It wasn’t only one story
but many scenarios.
The situation was like
a position on a chessboard
with no memory.
No knowledge about the previous moves.
Retrograde analysis.
He needed to conceive the past
before the future.
Flashback and Feedback.
It was possible.
Yes.
Possible but not obvious.
That was the point.
And it was a discovery.
Past and Future linked over oblivion.