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Originally posted by Thorfinn Skullsplitter
The thing that kills this story for me is the clock changing. Clocks aren't affected by time, they just function with or without time...
Originally posted by shearder
Now if i may be so bold as to "imagine" a different scenario. Light travels at a certain speed. Time, as we know it, is a HUMAN concept. So who says if we travel at the speed of light time will slow down? Time is what we know it to be. Earth time may slow down, but why? Because we "catch up" to what has already passed? Is this light we are chasing? So if we switch a flashlight on and then off again and then climb in our "faster than light speed" craft and chase after the light, eventually we will reach our beam of light but it will still be moving at 299,792,458m/s. AHHHH, what do we see there, PER SECOND. So, while we are moving along WITH our beam of light we are also moving along at 299,792,458m/s. That does not mean time has stopped! We are just moving a hell of a lot faster than if we were walking but we will just cover more distance in less time, but time as WE know it will still be moving along. Travel from Washington DC to LA by foot and then again by plane - we get there faster by plane LESS TIME but time still passed at the same rate. SO, that brings me to another point; how do we go back in time if we go faster than 299,792,458m/s?? I would assume we would only catch up to "light" that was there in the past to be able to SEE what passed but we would not physically go back in time to be able to FEEL or EXPERIENCE.
Originally posted by russ1969
That should get your minds thinking.
Originally posted by carnival_of_souls2047
Originally posted by russ1969
That should get your minds thinking.
My mind just caught on fire. Help me...
Originally posted by tututkamen
I read a similar story some time ago, can't remember where! But it also described a vortex of grey swirling upwards and items disappearing into it. I don't know what to think now upon second confirmation.
TUT
Originally posted by ashley
Two clocks set at the same time and then seperated, one in space the other on earth, will show different times when checked at a later date.
Gravity affects time. The clock in space has less drag ,it will run more freely.
The only thing i can think of right now about the pole thing is there must be a lot of force or gravity or? changing the clock. You can't really change time,especially by changing a clock.
Oh yeah,regarding the 'universe in a nutshell' time change. That is because as a plane flys with the earth there is less drag than if it was flying against the earths rotation,therefore resulting in a change in the times.
The 35 year difference is interesting though,like world watcher i would like to know if the time change was consistent.