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dRic2
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Take one radioactive element and put a detector all around it so that you can immediately detect whenever it will undergo radioactive decay. Have a clock connected to the detector to note the "exact" instant at which the atom decays. Let's say that after 3min after the clock started counting the atom decays.
Now (here comes the silly parte :D) imagine to go back in time and watch the same atom again. Will the outcome of the experiment be the same (the atoms decays exactly after 3min)? What do you think?
I know this is a kind of stupid experiment since we can't go back in time in the first place. Nevertheless this is puzzling me a lot.
Now (here comes the silly parte :D) imagine to go back in time and watch the same atom again. Will the outcome of the experiment be the same (the atoms decays exactly after 3min)? What do you think?
I know this is a kind of stupid experiment since we can't go back in time in the first place. Nevertheless this is puzzling me a lot.