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Going for a blast into the real past: Time Travel Experiment
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11-16-2006 2:20 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7db62547-def9-4586-a8c7-219b92c4fea6/11541718-F5BF-4FE6-B25E-436D5D2D0FFA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi" href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi" style="font-size: 11px;">seattlepi.nwsource.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P class="rddateline">Wednesday, November 15, 2006</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P class="rdheadline">Going for a blast into the real past <SPAN class="rddeckline">If the experiment works, a signal could be received <I>before</I> it's sent</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P class="rdbyline">By <A href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/mailto:tompaulson@seattlepi.com">TOM PAULSON</A><BR />P-I REPORTER</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P>If his experiment with splitting photons actually works, says University of Washington physicist John Cramer, the next step will be to test for quantum "retrocausality."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P>That's science talk for saying he hopes to find evidence of a photon going backward in time. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html?source=mypi"><P>"It doesn't seem like it should work, but on the other hand, I can't see what would prevent it from working," Cramer said. 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