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Causality is Dead?..Long Live Quantum Reality? "ffutS sneppaH"?

05/17/2012 7:38 PM

The following link describes a quantum experiment where cause and effect are reversed.

"Curiouser and curiouser' said Alice.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-04/quantum-experiment-effect-happens-cause

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Re: Causality is dead?..Long live quantum reality? "tihs sneppah"?

05/17/2012 7:50 PM

Well, here's a simple explanation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_Ry8J_jdw

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Re: Causality is dead?..Long live quantum reality? "tihs sneppah"?

05/17/2012 8:16 PM

Sounds a lot like another can-0-worms to me.

Although not entirely surprising. There are many disciplines that believe, (or have known), that consciousness itself can influence things outside of the body. I would imagine that quantum particles would be subject to the same influences.

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