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The discussion centers on the concept of particles or waves potentially traveling towards the past and the implications of backward causation. A link to an article from Physics World is provided, which discusses how the future may influence the past. Participants express skepticism about the validity of backward causation, citing Special Relativity as a definitive framework that prohibits such phenomena. The conversation concludes with a consensus that classical causality remains a reliable principle in physics.

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I read about an experiment, showing how present or future can affect the past, instead of details will simply share the link.

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2012/aug/03/can-the-future-affect-the-past

Is there any study (I wasn't able to find with some research) about how a particle or wave would behave with a time vector towards the past in our universe? And its effects on our perspective?

Would a vector towards the past mean instantaneous movement in coordinates towards the source of the particle or the wave?
 
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To be blunt backward causation is a load of the proverbial - as one of the comments at the end of the article says:
'Classical causality is the one thing we can count on in an era of bad and untestable physics.;

In Special Relativity there are powerful arguments PROVING it can't be done.

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Bill
 
Physicsworld.com is not an acceptable peer-reviewed source. This thread is closed.
 

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