RE: How exactly does gravity affect time?
February 21, 2016 at 3:30 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2016 at 3:30 am by Alex K.)
(February 20, 2016 at 11:44 pm)pool the great Wrote: How exactly does gravity affect time? An odd concept that time isn't uniform accross the galaxy..
What exactly is time? Change? So if time is change and the illusion of change is facilitated in very simple terms - movement. I've read that gravity have an effect on movement, like in moon you can jump higher.. So if higher gravity constricts movement ,ie, slows down the illusion of time does that mean the higher the gravity the slower the time? Maybe that's why light cant escape blackholes? Because the gravity is so high that the movement of photons are that much limited?
The fact that moving is more arduous in high gravity, and the fact that time is slower, are surely two different things. As vorlon says, if you are there you will not notice this slowing of time, everything seems normal locally. Only when you compare the time passing at your and other places will you notice that more has passed elsewhere. I like to compare it to two hypothetical countries with the same standard and cost of living, but whose currencies have an exchange rate of 1:10. You will be able to afford the same stuff in either, but if you want to buy something from the other, suddenly you realize that there is a difference.
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