Time and alternate realities/universe

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The discussion centers on the concept of time propagation in alternate realities, specifically addressing the flow of time in a universe composed of antimatter. Participants explore the idea that if matter and particles propagate from time t to t', then antimatter and antiparticles may propagate in the reverse direction, suggesting a universe where time flows oppositely relative to our own. This leads to the conclusion that such a universe would experience time in a fundamentally different manner, raising questions about the nature of time itself.

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Just read something on time ordered products and complex fields. So if matter/particle is propagated from t to t' in a certain reaction and antimatter/antiparticles are propagated from t' to t. Does this mean that, relative to our universe, time flows in the opposite direction in a universe like ours but is composed iof antimatter?
 
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Opposite direction? As in reverse?
 
Yes something like that.
 

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