Time is interconnected with mass, right?

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The discussion centers on the relationship between time and mass, particularly in the context of special relativity and general relativity. It clarifies that as an object approaches the speed of light, time slows down relative to an outside observer, but it is incorrect to assert that time stops for massless entities. Additionally, the complexities of black holes require an understanding of general relativity, as special relativity alone does not adequately describe their behavior. The statement that time is interconnected with mass is deemed vague and misleading.

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If I was moving at the speed of light therefore mass less - time would stop for me right?

Or if I was a black hole time would be accelerating infinitely pass me?

Time is interconnected with mass, right?
 
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Actually, your questions seem to have to do more with special relativity than with quantum physics.

brianthewhitie7 said:
If I was moving at the speed of light therefore mass less - time would stop for me right?
Not as far as I know.
When you get closer and closer to the speed of light, time will slow down for you. In a limit it would stop completely, but that's really a limit (and you cannot reach it). Trying to extend this to actually traveling at the speed of light is both physically and mathematically incorrect. You can never compare someone/-thing moving slower than the speed of light with something traveling at the speed of light.

Or if I was a black hole time would be accelerating infinitely pass me?
A black hole is an even more complicated story, since special relativity does not suffice there and one should look at the full theory of general relativity.

Time is interconnected with mass, right?
That's a bit of a vague statement. For things with mass, moving at velocities with respect to something else, relative measurements will (have to) differ in order to give the same physical outcomes of experiments. I would not say that time is directly interconnected with mass.
 

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