In his 1972 short story, "The Other," Jorge Luis Borges pictures himself in Cambridge, Massachusetts, sitting on a bench overlooking the Charles River. Someone sits on the other end of the bench whom be recognizes as his younger self. They strike up a conversation in which the older Borges reveals his identity, but the younger Borges insists they are in Geneva, overlooking the Rhone. They argue about whose experience is real: Has the older Borges traveled through time or is the younger Borges [...]
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