Re: Matter traveling backward in time

Rik van Riel (riel@humbolt.nl.linux.org)
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 20:51:58 +0200 (CEST)

On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 Sayke@aol.com wrote:

> 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...

Then again, some quantum physics experiments do show that at least some influences happen "backwards" in time.

The only logical conclusion would be that time _is_ symmetrical, influences going both ways. Cause-and-effect would be "reduced" to the weaker relationship of correlations, but then again, we haven't ever observed cause and effect, have we?

Rik

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