Imagine that you could not remember the past, but could perceive the future. What would it feel like?

Question

Suppose your memory was completely wiped out. You could not remember from one moment to the next what had happened. In place of memory, you are given the gift of seeing the future. Now describe this experience; specifically how it affects your perception of the passage of time.

Answer 1

I think it would feel just like living life in reverse time. It would be disorienting to say the least; I don't know if a person could even function under those circumstances. You'd probably also have to watch out for people who would want to keep you locked up & force you to tell them tomorrow's lottery picks & stock quotes, or worse, what people & organizations will be protesting against the gov't.... With no memory of the past, they could easily convince you that that's your purpose in life.

Answer 2

Awesome question!
Very Backwards...
You would almost know what you had done before hand by what you know you are gonna do in the future. You'd have to guess what you did instead of what you will do.

It would seem like you can see everything to come but as soon as it passed it would be out of your mind, meaningless.

You could look forward to feeling something, but you'd know that it would be gone as soon as you had expirienced it. There would be nothing to think back on when times are bad.

Time would seem very infinite, I think, because you wouldn't be able to judge the passing of time as well because you wouldn't remember it.

Huh... I could think a long time on this one.

Answer 3

we wouldnt care about the future and we would have been stupid,because past experiences are the ones that improves our inteligence.we will be eating and drinking and sleeping like animals do,we wouldnt remember eating with a spoon,know how to make beds,learn,work,etc....
and the future could not make any sence because why would I care about an earth quake if I dont know what would it do to me because I dont remember,or about fear or happiness or sadness nothing would make me react because I dont remember the feeling etc......

Answer 4

Yeah, weird. I would feel like I was going backwards. I wonder if you could feel the emotions when you "remember" something that happens in the future.