I think that it would be appropriate to offer an alternative explanation of time dilation which is not based on curvature of spacetime but on quantum field theory.
Reference:http://www.quantum-field-theory.net/
I'm not saying one is right and the other wrong - just being open-minded about...
Hi Marcus,
Interesting discussion but I have to admit I don't follow the maths...
I just wanted to say that I remember reading, about 25 years ago or more, in the New Scientist magazine (that was when it was worth reading!) an article relating to the idea of the flow of time as a phase-change...
AnotherDave Hi,
I think the simplest explanation for grandpa is that is "all due to the way the maths works"
For example, we all now velocity is distance/time and has uits of metres per second (m/s).
Acceleration, however, is the rate of change of velocity and has the units of metres...
OK,
I admit there may well be a valid psychological "method" involved but the point I'm trying to make is that the likes of Derren Brown and other self-proclaimed mentalists are hardly the best examples since you cannot completely rule out deception.
OK,
I admit there may well be a valid psychological "method" involved but the point I'm trying to make is that the likes of Derren Brown and other self-proclaimed mentalists are hardly the best examples since you cannot completely rule out deception.
Also, don't forget that these are recordings - how many did they shoot where he got it completely wrong?
Are you only seeing the ones the ones they want you to see?
Remember - magicians and illusionists employ deception!
Also, don't forget that these are recordings - how many did they shoot where he got it completely wrong?
Are you only seeing the ones the ones they want you to see?
Remember - magicians and illusionists employ deception!
Hi,
I have been following this thread with some interest, having just read Paul Davies book It's About Time.
Einstein essentially abolished the Newtonian concept of a universal *now* which was the same for everybody with his introduction of Special Relativity and opened up the possibility...
Hi,
Maxwell's equations showed that (1) a changing magnetic field produces an electric field and (2) a changing electric field produces a magnetic field.
Combining these suggested the possibility that perhaps they could be combined in such a way as to co-operate with one another. That is...
Pardon me for butting in here, but if Trent is equidistant between the flashes and the speed of light, c , is a constant for all inertial frames how would he see the front flash before the back one? In what sense would he be hastening toward or away from either flash?