Reverse causality

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From: KFL
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1986 04:39

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From:  "Keith F. Lynch" <KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU>

    From: hplabs!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!nrc-ut!uplherc!utah-gr!pwa-b!mmintl!franka@UCB-Vax.arpa (Frank Adams)

    ...
    I doubt that it is possible to design an experiment whose results could
    require reverse causality for their explanation.

  I don't think there is any reverse causality, and if there is, I
think it is much more likely to be discovered by peering at an
oscillosope in a high energy physics lab than by peering at cards with
mystical symbols on them by candlelight, HOWEVER, I think experiments
CAN and HAVE been designed which would require reverse causality to
explain a possible outcome of.  Saying that no such experiment is
possible is saying that belief in forward-only causality is non-
scientific.  All scientific beliefs are in principle falsifiable by
experiment.
								...Keith

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Subject: Reverse causality
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