We often think of time and events as a straight line. But intuition suggests a more complex shape.

Picture a triangle:

1. At one point, there’s the present moment.
2. Another point represents our intuition or gut feeling.
3. The third point is the future event we seem to “sense.”

Normally, we’d say the present causes the future. But intuition muddles this. It’s as if the future point of the triangle reaches back, influencing the present through our hunches.

This triangle challenges our understanding of cause and effect. Is your bad feeling about a trip causing you to cancel, or is the future problem somehow warning you through intuition?

It’s a mind-bending concept. Quantum physics hints at particles influencing each other across time. Could our minds do something similar on a larger scale?

This triangle of present, intuition, and future event isn’t proven science. It’s a thought experiment, a way to visualize how intuition might connect to reverse causality.

Next time you have a strong hunch, consider this triangle. Are you glimpsing the future, or is the future nudging you? It’s a puzzle that keeps scientists and philosophers up at night – and it’s what makes intuition so fascinatingly mysterious.