[Morphic Resonance? He has heard of that. Flynn searches his memory, the facts popping up after a moment.]

Sheldrake, Sheldrake, I know that name, he... oh yes, he was a parapsychologist! ... Well, not really, he was a biochemist but his theory includes phenomena such as telepathy and precognition which didn't really make him a lot of friends in the scientific community? He argues that memory is inherent in nature and systems inherit a collective memory from all previous things of their kind.

[A light tilt of his head.] Is that how it works? Do you hand down memories into the different timelines?