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Retrocausality

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Retrocausality, or backwards causation, is a concept of cause and effect in which an effect precedes its cause in time and so a later event affects an earlier one. In quantum physics, the distinction between cause and effect is not made at the most fundamental level and so time-symmetric systems can be viewed as causal or retrocausal. Philosophical considerations of time travel often address the same issues as retrocausality, as do treatments of the subject in fiction, but the two phenomena are distinct.

Retrocausality - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mathematical technique in physics This article is about time reversal techniques in physics. For the logical fallacy, see reverse causation . Retrocausality , or backwards causation , is a concept of cause and effect in which an effect precedes its cause in time and so a later event affects an earlier one. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In quantum physics , the distinction between cause and effect is not made at the most fundamental level and so time-symmetric systems can be viewed as causal or retrocausal. [ 3 ] [ page needed ] Phi

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