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Physics distinguishing future from past
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RE: Physics distinguishing future from past
(March 18, 2015 at 1:41 pm)Alex K Wrote: If you add one more mass, the situation already changes: if you start with a constellation of three gravitationally bound masses and let the system run, it can happen that one of the masses gets a lot of kinetic energy by accident and is ejected from the system. If you look at this film backwards, you will see a particle coming from infinity and hitting a two body system at just the right energy to get integrated in it.

You'd see that and say: what are the odds!
The problem I see with this idea, is that I could watch the third body zip past the other two bodies with a deflection, and I could say "what are the odds! That's just exactly the right deflection to start forming the "w" on "watchamadoodle". Intuitively what you said makes sense, but it reminds me of the argument for God where people say "what are the odds!"

That's really interesting on the QM interpretations. I don't understand the details, but it seems the copenhagen interpetation might have an advantage by mirroring the way that thermodynamics distinguishes past and future?
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RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by Alex K - March 18, 2015 at 1:41 pm
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by watchamadoodle - March 18, 2015 at 10:43 pm
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by vorlon13 - March 18, 2015 at 2:53 pm
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by Alex K - March 18, 2015 at 3:47 pm
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by vorlon13 - March 18, 2015 at 7:45 pm
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by Alex K - March 20, 2015 at 6:21 am
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by Cyberman - March 20, 2015 at 7:11 am
RE: Physics distinguishing future from past - by Alex K - March 20, 2015 at 7:27 am

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