Definitions of time symmetry and examples of time-directed behaviour are discussed in the framework of discrete Markov processes. It is argued that typical examples of time-directed behaviour can be described using time-symmetric transition probabilities. Some current arguments in favour of a distinction between past and future on the basis of probabilistic considerations are thereby judged to be unjustified.
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Bacciagaluppi, G. (2011). Probability and Time Symmetry in Classical Markov Processes. In Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics (pp. 41–59). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9904-5_2
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