Okay, so I was having one of the eternal science debates with a friend whos also (unfortunately) a fan of that horrid series of bad, no, really bad space opera foisted on us by that twat G. Lucas; the topic was faster than light travel, time and what happens. The scenario: A person jumps into their FTL ship and zips away from Earth, going out 6 months, then turning around and coming back, for a total trip time of one year. According to a lot of people, hundreds of years will have passed by the time the guy gets back. Why? Because they say time changes when you hit light speed. I say bullcockadoodoo. Time is time. 1 minute is one minute and a year is a year, timewise. There is no proof that time does anything when you reach the speed of light. There are tests ON CLOCKS, which can be affected by outside variables, which showed that (Hafele-Keating experiment) atomic clocks, traveling in different directions and at altitude, were effected by these variables when compared to stationary identical clocks located on the surface of the planet. Time did not change. Time is a constant. However, mechanical devices for measuring time can be effected by many variables; gravity, height, movement, the vacuum of space. My argument is that the theory of relativity and its affect on time is a null argument because were relying on mechanical devices which can suffer effects from physical locations and atmospheric conditions. If you go to a drag strip and watch the Funny Cars and Top Fuelers run...4.5 seconds is 4.5 seconds. If youre sitting in the bleachers with a stop watch...you watched a car move very, very fast for 4.5 seconds. The person in the car is moving well over 300 MPH, obtaining that speed in under 3 seconds; while the fan in the stand is sitting still. According to this theory, the guy in the top fuel dragster should have experienced a time offset, but he doesnt. When he gets out at the end of the run, the same amount of time has passed for both him and the guy with the stop watch. Its the devices which suffer; not time. Still waiting for proof. Jump into your space ship, take off, well both experience a years span of time. The clocks might be a little off. Okay, go.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:26:55 +0000
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