Recent content by Canadian09

I think that helps a bunch. I'll have to read over it a few more times, but I think I get what you're saying. Do you mind me asking if you can think of any possible way a person could slow down time on other planets compared to themselves by a large amount (i.e entire generations in the space...

I suppose I'm suggesting an overall velocity with respect to the origin point of the expansion of the universe. Wouldn't that be the overall velocity? Maybe if I explain my scenario it will help give something to refer to to help me understand. I'm wondering about travel between star systems in...

I'm not sure I'm understanding since you're referring to both people as the "observer"--was confusing which you were talking about. But from what I can gather, you're only talking about the rotation of the Earth as being the only velocity through space. You have the velocity of the rotation...

What do you mean if you go too fast? How would increasing the velocity difference cancel out the effects of time dilation?

So if that's correct, would it follow that if a person left Earth accelerating in the opposite direction the Earth is moving (therefore slowing in velocity relative to the earth), he would be moving steadily slower and slower through time? And then if he stopped, nulled out the velocity, and...

I know there's no such thing as absolute rest. I was more meaning that since this is relative velocity, would the person on Earth be the reference frame for velocity (i.e his relative velocity is 0 since the other guy started there as well and moved away).

Since relative velocity time dilation is due to an increase in velocity, with a person moving faster moves through time slower than those on earth, does it follow that it's possible to move slower than the Earth and therefore move through time faster than them? Because the Earth is moving...

The problem with asking for answers from people who know what they're talking about...is that you realize how little you know about what they're talking about. :) After my fundamental shift in my understanding of the universe a few hours ago in this very thread, I see what you all are saying...

I can't believe that never occurred to me. For some reason it was stuck in my head that at the speed of light, it would take the occupants a year to travel a light year in their view of time. That's of course absurd now that I think about it. It would instead take a year for them to travel a...

The problem with eliminating faster than light travel is that it eliminates the possibility of traveling to other systems within a reasonable amount of time. At a speed less than that of light, it would take several lifetimes to reach a system like Sirius or IK Peg. Outmoded? Really? I had...

I'm basing my story about the theory of the Alcumbierre Warp Drive. Which, if you happened to have missed it, is the latest version of a possible faster than light ship. Using this theory, the passengers wouldn't be traveling the speed of light, only the space around them. This would allow the...

Well, I'm writing a book in my spare time for my own enjoyment. The major plot point is how relativity affects relationships between people. So, I need to know how much time passes back on Earth to see how that would affect people. Is this group, gone for 3 weeks, going to come back to their...

Hey guys, I have what I'm sure is a very simple question that I can't seem to find a simple answer to. I'm wondering what the ratio of time passage is between someone traveling at X times the speed of light versus someone on the surface of a planet. Say for a scenario I was traveling at 10...