RE: A Different Perspective on the Existence of Time: Thought as the smallest Unit of Time
This is fascinating
“If we attempt to attribute an objective meaning to the quantum state of a single system, curious paradoxes appear: quantum effects mimic not only instantaneous action-at-a-distance, but also, as seen here, influence of future actions on past events, even after these events have been irrevocably recorded.” – Asher Peres, pioneer in quantum information theory
It reminded me of this experiment:
A 2001 study by Leonard Leibovici used records of 3,393 patients who had developed blood infections at the Rabin Medical Center between 1990 and 1996 to study retroactive intercessory prayer.[24] To compound the alleged miraculous power of prayer itself, the prayers were performed after the patients had already left the hospital. All 3,393 patients were those in the hospital between 1990 and 1996, and the prayers were conducted in 2000. Two of the outcomes, length of stay in the hospital and duration of fever, were found to be significantly improved in the intervention group, implying that prayer can even change events in the past. However, the "mortality rate was lower in the intervention group, but the difference between the groups was not significant." Leibovici concluded that "Remote, retroactive intercessory prayer was associated with a shorter stay in hospital and a shorter duration of fever in patients with a bloodstream infection." Leibovici goes on to note that in the past, people knew the way to prevent diseases (he cites scurvy) without understanding why it worked. In saying so, he suggests that if prayer truly does have a positive effect on patients in hospital, then there may be a naturalist explanation for it that we do not yet understand. After many scientists and scholars criticized this retroactive study,[25] Leibovici stated in 2002 that the "article has nothing to do with religion. I believe that prayer is a real comfort and help to a believer. I do not believe it should be tested in controlled trials."[26] The study has been summarised as being "intended lightheartedly to illustrate the importance of asking research questions that fit with scientific models."[27]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studies_on_intercessory_prayer#Retroactive_intercessory_prayer
Thanks a huge lot for the share.
This is pretty much what I expected. There are things that cannot be changed. But there are other things that can be altered without making a mess. One can never travel byond dependent origination. But one can bend it. History/past exist in retrospect. when we change the final effects, the past those effect project will change.
Thanks again for the link!
they didn't find a large enough effect in terms of mortality for it to be statistically significant in their sample but they did find that
That's what I meant by