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This discussion centers on the implications of wormholes in the context of general relativity, specifically regarding time dilation effects when one end of a wormhole is placed in a gravitational well. Participants explore the theoretical scenario of keeping the middle section of a wormhole near a gravitational well and its potential impact on time perception across the wormhole's openings. The conversation also touches on the dimensionality of wormholes, suggesting they may exist in a fifth dimension, separate from the spacetime continuum, which is considered the fourth dimension.

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Under the general relativity principle, If you take a wormhole, put one end into a gravitational well, then take it out, there would be a time difference between the two openings of the wormhole.

But, what effect would it have on the wormhole if you keep the middle area of it near a gravitational well?

Technically speaking, only the openings would have the clocks attached to them, showing the time, but if the middle area of the wormhole is the area being slowed down, there should be an effect on the whole thing.
 
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valdar said:
Under the general relativity principle, If you take a wormhole, put one end into a gravitational well, then take it out, there would be a time difference between the two openings of the wormhole.

But, what effect would it have on the wormhole if you keep the middle area of it near a gravitational well?

Technically speaking, only the openings would have the clocks attached to them, showing the time, but if the middle area of the wormhole is the area being slowed down, there should be an effect on the whole thing.
I'm not sure there is a middle.

A wormhole goes from 'A' to 'C'. There is no 'B' to be in a gravity well.
 
What if there was? A wormhole can literally be anything, a tunnel, or just an opening.

P.S. nice pun i like it :)
 
valdar said:
What if there was? A wormhole can literally be anything, a tunnel, or just an opening.

It has an entrance and an exit. The bridge is not a construct that exists in normal space such that it could be near a gravity well.
 
normal space

Hahah wow. That's no fun at all. So, what your saying is this,

spacetime continuum = 4th dimension
wormholes = 5th dimension?
 

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