Seeming Backward-in-Time Actions in Forward-in-Time Realistically Interpreted Orthodox Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

Authors

  • Henry Stapp University of California at Berkeley

Keywords:

Retrocausation, Quasi-orthodox

Abstract

Many experiments seem to require causal influences acting into the backward light cone. Any such effect, if true, would conflict with the basic forward-in-time-dynamics of orthodox relativistic quantum field theory. It is shown here how such an appearance can arise from a difference between two different conceptions of the past. Two diagrams will illustrate how the Bem-reported results of his "erotic picture" experiments can be understood within forward-in-time realistically interpreted orthodox quantum field theory. A separate second topic is "quasi-orthodox quantum mechanics" in which nature's responses to the observer's probing queries are biased away from the Born-rule prediction, and in favor of "stimulating" human experiences, in concordance with Bem's data.

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Published

25-03-2017

How to Cite

Stapp, H. (2017). Seeming Backward-in-Time Actions in Forward-in-Time Realistically Interpreted Orthodox Relativistic Quantum Field Theory. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 13(2), 53–64. Retrieved from http://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/592