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Mirrors and the Direction of Time

1997/01/01 by Frank Arntzenius · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Medicine · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Biofield Effects and Biophysics #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

paper · doi:10.1086/392601

Abstract

The frequencies with which photons pass through half-silvered mirrors in the forward direction of time is always approximately 1/2, whereas the frequencies with which photons pass through mirrors in the backward direction in time can be highly time-dependent. I argue that whether one should infer from this time-asymmetric phenomenon that time has an objective direction will depend on one's interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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