On the arrow of time

Our neurons condense and store information of the chemical changes around us as sensed by the sensory organs. The arrow of time exists because we can "recall" this information in only one direction. All memory system is based on chemical change, but we register this change in the direction of "memory creation". It's a circular relationship.

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