ACEfanatic02 Posted July 24, 2006 Posted July 24, 2006 So I was browsing Wikipedia the other day (yeah, I'm strange. So what.) and I came across this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_rocket_experiment Gravity Probe A, launched by NASA in 1976 showed that gravity slows time. If one regularly exposes themselves to zero or negative gravity, do they go through time faster? Would false gravity do the same? Do credit whores age slower? Discuss. -ACE (BTW, mods - I figured this'd fit here better, since it's only tenously tied to coasters.)
goleafsgo Posted July 24, 2006 Posted July 24, 2006 umm, im pretty sure gravity doesnt slow time... remember that all (or most) of wikipedia is written by random people, not scientists or whatever...
USRoadTripper Posted July 24, 2006 Posted July 24, 2006 Do credit whores age slower? Discuss. Quick! Someone make a Jeff Johnson joke!! There has never been a more perfect setup!! -Julie
KrakenKing Posted July 24, 2006 Posted July 24, 2006 Most of the "Credit whoring" rides don't produce airtime. Which is why Jeff Johnson is still aging at a rapid pace. He just rides those rides to pretend he's still young
ACEfanatic02 Posted July 24, 2006 Author Posted July 24, 2006 ^ umm, im pretty sure gravity doesnt slow time... remember that all (or most) of wikipedia is written by random people, not scientists or whatever... http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v45/i26/p2081_1 I find that to be vaildation. -ACE
Oni Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 It's not that the pace of time changes...the pace of the clock changes. The atomic clock aboard the launch vessel works by measuring the emission of radiation from the hydrogen inside of it. Apparently, gravity has an effect on the rate of emission, causing the clock to run faster than it should. All they proved was that the hydrogen in that MASER releases more radiation when there is less gravity, not that time itself changes due to gravity. Most of the actual experiment results were probably misinterpreted.
Blazen_AZN Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 People go to Mars, come back, everyone they know is dead, they're still young. Summing things up is fun.
Screamomatic Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 So, if I get on a Supersonic Jet and travel opposite the way the earth spins will I go back in time? Or does that only work when you go faster then light?
darklingscribe Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 People go to Mars, come back, everyone they know is dead, they're still young. Summing things up is fun. Yeah, but that has nothing to do with gravity. It's all about the theory of relaitivity, which talks about how the speed you're traveling affects time. I could go into more detail but I'm too lazy.
BiCoastal Kid Posted July 30, 2006 Posted July 30, 2006 You can't really slow "time," You just slow the way things acting within a period are effected or react.
Teddymonster Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 People go to Mars, come back, everyone they know is dead, they're still young. Summing things up is fun. Yeah, but that has nothing to do with gravity. It's all about the theory of relaitivity, which talks about how the speed you're traveling affects time. I could go into more detail but I'm too lazy. Right! I was gonna say...didn't Einstein theorize about this (and Hawking adding on to it)?
rollermonkey Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Do credit whores age slower? Discuss. Quick! Someone make a Jeff Johnson joke!! There has never been a more perfect setup!! -Julie Thank you, Julie! You made my evening!
goleafsgo Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 OKAY. i think ive figured it out. gravity doesnt affect time because time is a dimension and there is no way that me going into space for year then coming back to earth will have me back on earth in year 2500. basically, what i am trying to say is: R=K2/G. that forumae represents the common intervenuatilty of the X2 dimension of time's relitivity to earth's contractory forces. if you follow the law of fractualation, you will find that after H/l=wG^6, then it is pretty simple to see how the force F^12/10 doesnt apply to the gravitoral pull on the quazarz. P.S. (that last paragraph was a load of BS, but i meant the 1st thing i said)
thomas2 Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Time can be affected by everything. It's one of the most strange things of the planet. A very simple example: the 5 min. you wait in a queu are exactley as long as the 5 min. in a ride, but in your mind, the 5 min. in the queu are much longer than the 5 min. of ride time! They feel much longer. Another example: that 0,0001 sec. before you get hit by a car or something appear to last much longer. What I'm trying to say: time is one of the most subjective AND yet also objective things there are and it wouldn't surprise me if gravity does have an effect on it.
goleafsgo Posted July 31, 2006 Posted July 31, 2006 Time can be affected by everything. It's one of the most strange things of the planet. A very simple example: the 5 min. you wait in a queu are exactley as long as the 5 min. in a ride, but in your mind, the 5 min. in the queu are much longer than the 5 min. of ride time! They feel much longer.Another example: that 0,0001 sec. before you get hit by a car or something appear to last much longer. What I'm trying to say: time is one of the most subjective AND yet also objective things there are and it wouldn't surprise me if gravity does have an effect on it. lol. time doesnt actually slow down when you are waiting in line. it 'seems' to slow down because you are bored...
Oni Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 ^exactly Your state of mind alters your perception of time. Minds do not like to sit idle, like while waiting in line. That's where boredom comes in, and makes things seem 10x longer, because your mind is searching for something to occupy itself with. Then, while you're on the ride, your mind is very active, and so you don't notice the passing of time as much. And about the car accidents, that's just your mind going "WTF!?!?! OMG!!! WE'RE GONNA CRAAAAASH!!" It's in the eye of the beholder, I suppose
jamesissoocool Posted August 1, 2006 Posted August 1, 2006 i think if you travel at the speed and in the diretion(sp?) the earth spins time will stop
Oni Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 The sun won't rise or set if you do that, but time will still pass, and eventually you'll hit the IDL and it will be a different day, so time will still be passing.
goleafsgo Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 i think if you travel at the speed and in the diretion(sp?) the earth spins time will stop no... maybe you are thinking of superman where he flies round the earth backwards and makes it spin the other way, and for some reason that it supposed ot reverse time, which is a load of BS.
S.E.MO.Rocker Posted August 7, 2006 Posted August 7, 2006 i think if you travel at the speed and in the diretion(sp?) the earth spins time will stop yes it would i think. youd pass through a time zone every hour and youd stay in the exact same time
DATman Posted August 8, 2006 Posted August 8, 2006 ^So what is the International Date Line for? There are only so many time zones, then you jump back to where you started...
willski Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 ^^Except that times zones aren't a uniform width when they avoid splitting areas apart. Also, the IDL, so just no....
BiCoastal Kid Posted August 22, 2006 Posted August 22, 2006 Yeah also, time is, for purpouses of simplification here, constant. Technically, time is non-existant and is not but a measurement we use to increase order within our lives. We, in essence, created time. Unlike other, tangible objects which we have named.
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