I feel that Richard Taylor is quite clear when he says that “all men are fatalists as they look back on things” because a fatalist with his adherent staunch belief in destiny, regards all events which take shape in his future as not the consequence of his own actions, but in fact, a product of the script as ordained by an external force. By doing so, his actions and perspective can be seen as akin to a man who looks at the past events of his life. The past has already manifested itself into reality and more often than not is not as fuzzy and vague as the future. Thus when we connect the dots in order to trace the trajectory of the outcome, very often, it feels that the events were purposely arranged like a line of dominoes where one was meant to follow the previous one ultimately leading to the consequence.