You can replace $\mathrm i$ with $-\mathrm i$ in the Schrödinger equation?

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You can replace $\mathrm i$ with $-\mathrm i$ in the Schrödinger equation? | Ulysses’ trip #89

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https://ulysseszh.github.io/physics/2023/10/18/se-conjugate.html

When someone asks you why it is $-\mathrm i$ here instead of $\mathrm i$ or the other way around, you can say that this is just a convention. My professor of quantum mechanics once asked the class similar a question, and I replied with this letter.