Guize, I don't like Relativity theory (both flavors, general and special). It sucks.
Gravity bends space. Light bends time. Srsly guize!
Is there a chance it might be overthrown by something sane any time soon?
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Finch2007-10-31 18:47
'Light bends time'
What?
I think you misunderstand. Maybe you understand it perfectly. I don't know. Its called the Relativity Theory because its states that Time and Space are relative not a difficult concept to grasp or understand really.
Moving at speeds close to speed of light causes time to run slower and crap like that.
I don't get it.
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Finch2007-10-31 19:08
It only a theory. So i can't give you a absolute answer. However i can try to explain.
'Moving at speeds close to speed of light causes time to run slower and crap like that'
Einstein; as smart and logical as he was, and he was. He stated that the faster (or slower) 'you' are moving... the faster (or slower) time would move in relation. They are connected basically. It's not a definitive answer but i can't get into the advanced stuff because i don't quite understand it that well.
Do some research on it. Its not THAT complicated if you have a basic scientific understanding.
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Anonymous2007-10-31 19:26
v=s/t
the farthest my brain can go.
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Anonymous2007-10-31 19:54
>>3
Indeed you don't, and I'm guessing you haven't made an effort to find out about it either. Start with special relativity before you try to wrap your head around general.
Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe does a pretty good job of explaining it, though the book itself is supposed to be about string theory.
You're a fucking idiot for not knowing what "theory" means in this context. The rest of your post just confirms it.
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Anonymous2007-11-02 1:48
no matter how you are moving, light will have the same speed as you observe it. Einstein concluded that light must be particularly special in the construction of the universe.
I'm pretty sure it says that time appears to slow down as you move faster.
Imagine that you have an infinite straight line to travel along at the speed of light. There's a clock at the end you're at. Start moving away from the clock at the speed of light. Because of the fact that light bouncing off the clock will not reach your eye if you're travelling at the same speed, time appears to stop. Does this make sense?
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Will people please STOP confusing THEORY and HYPOTHESIS?!?!?? Theories have actually been tested and have some level of credibility, a hypothesis is simply an educated guess as to how or why something works that still needs to be verified by data or experimentation.
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I thought relativity was explained before string theory since general relativity is what led to it. IIRC string theory started as some sort of theory of quantum gravity.
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Anonymous2007-11-03 1:11
>>6
Yeah, string theory came much later, and is an attempt to reconcile inconsistencies between quantum physics and relativity. The book, though, first gives a primer on both quantum physics and the theories of relativity so the reader has some sense of why something like string theory is necessary.
Even if you think string theory is bullshit, the book is worth buying just for those introductory sections. They take up about half of it anyway.
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Anonymous2007-11-03 18:52
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>Will people please STOP confusing THEORY and HYPOTHESIS?!?!?? Theories have actually been tested and have some level of credibility, a hypothesis is simply an educated guess as to how or why something works that still needs to be verified by data or experimentation.
Same thing. I'm a math student.
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Anonymous2007-11-03 19:30
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Surprisingly, mathematics and the empirical sciences have different jargons.
"Theory" isn't a technical word in mathematics. "Theorem" is, but it's a different one. The hint is in the fact that they're not the same word.