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Adrian2000
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Hi all,
I was wondering if anybody else here thinks the concept of space-time dilation/concentration (curvature) is a little bit funny, not in the sense of it having an effect on the neighbouring particles, but in the sense of actually stretching or contracting, as though it itself had certain properties and information, despite being nothing. Or am I missing something, and are the effects of general & special relativities only limited to the particles that experience them? The prime motive for this question, is, as I've said above, that it seems a wee bit difficult to prescribe empty space with information, its own internal set of rules, as, err, it doesn't have anything on which to 'stick' these rules to (it's nothing) - pardon the simplification.
Thank you for the help,
Adrian
I was wondering if anybody else here thinks the concept of space-time dilation/concentration (curvature) is a little bit funny, not in the sense of it having an effect on the neighbouring particles, but in the sense of actually stretching or contracting, as though it itself had certain properties and information, despite being nothing. Or am I missing something, and are the effects of general & special relativities only limited to the particles that experience them? The prime motive for this question, is, as I've said above, that it seems a wee bit difficult to prescribe empty space with information, its own internal set of rules, as, err, it doesn't have anything on which to 'stick' these rules to (it's nothing) - pardon the simplification.
Thank you for the help,
Adrian
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