r/tenet • u/--VisualPlugin-- • 18d ago

I fluently speak backwards (phonetically). In August 2024, I was recruited by CERN for a study to invert myself for two years. I reverted in August 2022 and invited people to ask about my experience on r/tenet right after. I'm going to celebrate a brand new year after so long! Ask me.

I haven't shared about my journey on Reddit since two years ago in 2022. Thought I'd re-ignite the discussion now.

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u/LivingClone13 18d ago

So you have since lived that two year period both forwards and backwards? Did you see your non-inverted self at any point?

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u/--VisualPlugin-- 18d ago edited 18d ago

I actually lived in this two-year period three times. Twice forwards; once inverted.

Between iterations 1 and 2, I didn't get to see myself. I was in Estonia when I was inverted, but lived in the US before the study.

In summer 2023, I did meet once between myself iterations 2 and 3 (CERN didn't know this until this September). Obviously, we never touched. I didn't know it when I was inverted, but when I was going back forwards, I prepared myself extensively (I even had to travel all the way from the Netherlands).