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kurious
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A particle that moves a certain distance in the gravitational field of
a small mass,changes its weight as it moves.But if that particle had
been stationary relative to the small mass, and the gravitational
field had
changed its strength with time, in such a way that the weight of the
stationary particle, from one moment to the next, was exactly the same
as the weight of the moving particle from one moment to the next,a
clock close to the particle at all instants of time, would measure
the same time elapsed in both cases.If I looked at the time on the
clock, I wouldn't know if the particle had been moving or
stationary.If the electric field and other fields behaved in this
manner, would I be able to distinguish between a movement
through space in the presence of non-oscillating fields and a
movement through time in the presence of oscillating fields?
a small mass,changes its weight as it moves.But if that particle had
been stationary relative to the small mass, and the gravitational
field had
changed its strength with time, in such a way that the weight of the
stationary particle, from one moment to the next, was exactly the same
as the weight of the moving particle from one moment to the next,a
clock close to the particle at all instants of time, would measure
the same time elapsed in both cases.If I looked at the time on the
clock, I wouldn't know if the particle had been moving or
stationary.If the electric field and other fields behaved in this
manner, would I be able to distinguish between a movement
through space in the presence of non-oscillating fields and a
movement through time in the presence of oscillating fields?