"even today, our primary use of stories is still mental. We use them to plan for the future, from the next few minutes, to years or even decades. But that raises an interesting question. How do we know what will happen in the future? Sure, we have the ability to imagine what might happen. But how do you know what will actually happen? As Aristotle writes,” you tell us, “nobody can erase what has not yet happened.” But you ask, “or can they?"