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Originally posted by Alexander Tau
I do not think you have the quite right Shaman. Time for the traveler is not affected by speed.
Think about it, you are covering 100 LY at the speed of light, how long is that going to take you? Answer 100 years.
The problem comes in when you look back to Earth, to them, supposedly, much more time will have elapsed.
Frankly I think the whole time part of the equation is incorrect. The most we have ever documented is some very small changes in time keeping on our space craft. And while those do tend to bear out the idea, no one has ever convinced me that something else was responsible for the changes in the onboard equipment.
Albert said that the whole notion of the speed of light may be a 'local phenomena' and I think he was on the right track there.
A.T
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Originally posted by Alexander Tau
Authors usually study up on the things they use as a basis for their work so I sorta assume the basic ideas are correct.
from Alexander Tau
I do not see Time as a thing that can be manipulated, perception is one thing but the actuality is another. Time is a natural outgrowth of the fact that we live sequentially and see one thing as happening after another.
Time has to be a factor in some equations of course, speed and traveling come to mind but to alter time is just wishful thinking to me. Or perhaps to look for an answer which cannot be found where you are looking in the first place.
Frankly I have never taken Time Travel and associated topics seriously, just another thing that will fall by the wayside as we progress. But I do recall a book called the 'Forever War' in which the hero is gone for months (from his POV) some spent in near-lightspeed travel, and back on Earth many years pass. Authors usually study up on the things they use as a basis for their work so I sorta assume the basic ideas are correct.
from Alexander Tau
I prefer to study those things which I consider important, Time Travel is not one of those. For me that is pure fiction so that makes novels fair references. Actually I have always thought that the errors involving Time had much to do with Albert's failure to create a Unified Field Theory.
I read quite a lot of things such as you mentioned, possibly that one as well depending on how old it is. But that was a very long time ago and my interests have shifted a bit over the years.