Essay Abstract
Predictability can be broken down into well defined pieces within physics except for two words: "Before" and "After". Through the usage of a thought experiment, we show how multiple interpretations of time reversal symmetry skews our understanding of how ``Before" and ``After" are to be understood. These two interpretations are used heavily throughout physics but find themselves constantly at odds when explaining reality. In this short essay, we will showcase each area of physics that utilizes the interpretations and likewise why the two often dispute each other.
Author Bio
Graduate student at Binghamton University studying Quantum Field Theory of Generalized particle statistics (parastistics). I am interested in time and symmetries of nature as well as understanding how causality and statistics are related to each other in cosmological phenomenology.