News: Scientists Attempt to Send Messsage Back in Time

Time Spiral

From Seattle PI

Going for a blast into the real past

If the experiment works, a signal could be received before it’s sent

If his experiment with splitting photons actually works, says University of Washington physicist John Cramer, the next step will be to test for quantum “retrocausality.”

That’s science talk for saying he hopes to find evidence of a photon going backward in time.

“It doesn’t seem like it should work, but on the other hand, I can’t see what would prevent it from working,” Cramer said. “If it does work, you could receive the signal 50 microseconds before you send it.”

Uh, huh … what? Wait a minute. What is that supposed to mean?

Roughly put, Cramer is talking about the subatomic equivalent of arriving at the train station before you’ve left home, of winning the lottery before you’ve bought the ticket, of graduating from high school before you’ve been born — or something like that.

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