A record is not a replay

The question is retained before an explanation is adopted.

Possible records are shown schematically. No complete archive is implied. [19-21]

Interactions can leave traces in light, matter, instruments and memory. Each record captures selected properties.

Is information preserved, accessible, interpretable or complete? These are different questions and require different evidence.

The record exists. Permission to recover everything has not been issued.

1

An interaction

2

Light / matter

3

A detector

4

Selected information