the future can influence the past - the length of a straight line directly between two points through three-dimensional space is called spatial distance - past events with no connection except the continent of appearance and a body present at both locations may still be connected - the specific moments in time are not relevant if time has no linear progression - interferences with people at one location will have direct influence on interferences with people at other locations - if we could view time in multiple directions we would be able to recognise how tomorrow created yesterday