[MD] Time and Impermanence

[MarshaV]

This really is an excellent paper from a talk at the Physics and 
Tibetan Buddhism Conference.

"In contrast, the fundamental equations of physics are all time 
symmetric, meaning that they have no directionality in time. All the 
fundamental interactions can proceed in the reverse direction without 
violating any laws of physics. For a simple example, bounce a ball 
off the floor and take a movie of it. If you run the movie backwards, 
nothing looks strange because the time-reversed motion violates no 
laws of physics. Or, take a movie of our solar system from a distant 
star and play it backwards. All the rotations and revolutions of the 
sun and planets will be reversed, but no laws of physics are violated 
and nothing looks strange. The same is true for quantum mechanical 
examples. Let an excited atom decay and emit a photon. Run the 
process backwards and you have an atom absorbing light and ending in 
an excited state."

>http://www.buddhanet.net/timeimpe.htm
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The Universe is uncaused, like a net of jewels in which each is a 
reflection of all the others in a fantastic, interrelated harmony without end.
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