Backscatter is the term used to describe a specific way in which radiation or waves reflect back to their source through an angle of 180 degrees. The art of conversation is very much a back and forth--two people bouncing thoughts and ideas off of each other. Sometimes our thoughts and ideas do a full 180 through discussion with others, when we reflect inwardly the same can happen. Whether we’re sending waves out to others or sending waves into ourselves, we always get something back; the backscatter is unavoidable.