Yeah, though I don't think you're supposed to litigate an analogy that far. The analogy fits because it grounds what's happening as something mundane rather tha

Yeah, though I don't think you're supposed to litigate an analogy that far. The analogy fits because it grounds what's happening as something mundane rather than mysterious. This isn't really "time reversal" in the meaningful sense of the word, because a linear system can always be reversed if you have sufficient information.