Re: Matter traveling backward in time

Sayke@aol.com
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 05:35:16 EDT

In a message dated 8/20/99 9:04:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mike@lorrey.com writes:

> No it would not. We would see it the entire time. However we would first
> encounter it in what it considers its later life, while it would
> encounter us in what we consider our later life. If I met an anti-matter
> clock, i would think that it is moving backwards, while an anti-matter
> person would think its moving forwards. If I talked with an anti-matter
> person, I would hear their last word first, and their first word
> last.... Any Questions?

yea. ok, so lets say ive got this antimatter clock merrily spinning away, backwards, suspended via maglev in a vacuum chamber. then, to be ornery, i adjust the magnetic field slightly to tilt the clock to the side... how does the clock respond? does it actually tilt? that would require that it move forward in time...

or am i just picturing your anology wrong, mike? i find this very nonintuitive...

"eris is my current goddess. she is a figment of my imagination, and i only pretend to worship her, but at least i admit it when my gods are make believe and my worship is a facade..."

sayke