It is said that gravity is a warping of time space by mass, and that is it this warping that explains why the planets orbit the sun, and why light (which has no mass, or does it?!) is able to bend around massive objects like the sun. Surely if this is a true warping, then the effect of gravity would be instantaneous? (rhetorical) But we know its not, because the speed of light is the fastest anything can happen. So is it because this warping alters the rate of time that the effects of gravity do not appear to be instaneous at the massive object? Is it then if you were to step outside of the warped space time area that things would appear faster, perhaps even instantaneous!? Or is it that as a creation of the universe we will never see or even detect such instantaneous effects because we're governed by the same laws such as speed of light? Maybe a universe with a greater maximum speed could detect these 'instantaneous' effects and inform us of their speed, should they be able to exist!
2007-08-04
15:18:07
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