The fact that I cannot replace every atom in the universe does not argue against the logical possibility. The uncertainty principle would cause the bingo balls to bounce differently next time around, but that too seems irrelevant.
Two mistakes in this reasoning. First, by locating all the atoms 10 minutes ago, you've had a QM impact (the first reality change). Second, by capturing all the atoms now, you've had a QM impact (changing reality the second time). You are trying to be "God", but the fabric of the universe doesn't permit such manipulations - I believe even "God" must play his rules or else He is in a different game. That may be okay for him, but not us. Modern experiments have shown Schrodinger's cat truly is in superimposed states, i.e., both dead and alive (this has been done with currents in small loops). I believe you deceive yourself: time simply is a memory of probability relationships. Past relationships (states becoming less likely) are being compared with other states (becoming more probable).
Feynman said, "A positron is an electron moving backward in time." If you do all the math, measure it's behavior and fill all the blanks, this still seems to be true. We have actually used these little critters in medicine (PET scan = positron emission tomography). True Reality just doesn't mesh very well with our notions of anthropic reality! |
