(June 8, 2011 at 11:55 am)Darwinian Wrote: For example, you can 'slow' time down the faster you travel so that a clock on a space ship travelling at say, .5 the speed of light would be running a lot slower than a clock on Earth. But is this really time itself that has slowed down or simply the effect of increased mass on the workings of the clock (and everything else) actually slowing down cause and effect itself?
If time slows down, then I think it should also follow that cause and effect itself will slow down as well because you can't separate time from cause and effect. And that video might give you a little more insight into the nature of time dilation (although I don't fully get it either). But, I can't answer your other questions. I'm interested to see what other members have to say on this topic.
