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DrChinese said:Actually, there are QM interpretations in which time does not flow in the conventional sense. These are called "block world". I happen to be something of a fan of a particular one of these, called Relational Block World.
Relational Blockworld: A Path Integral Based Interpretation of Quantum Field Theory; W.M. Stuckey, Michael Silberstein, Timothy McDevitt (2009)
Although time does not flow, the future is a component in interactions and it is the total setup that is relevant. Although the authors do not call it a time symmetric model per se, I think it qualifies.
For those that are interested:
The above paper is advanced reading, but it is absolutely fascinating in this sense: It is a QM interpretation that makes predictions that are slightly DIFFERENT than standard QM. Incredibly, those predictions seem to account for experimental evidence in favor of an accelerating expansion of the universe WITHOUT adding otherwise new physics.
Easily the most ambitious program I have seen in the few years. So a tip of the hat to the authors, good luck! If anyone wants to discuss, we can start a new thread on that.
isnt block time like a 100 year old concept btw