home? right?... they arent. they are hugging another woman because their wife, the one they fell in love with is now trapped in the future. ...is the woman he/she is hugging from another dimension? the same person at all? what do you think?
2006-09-16 08:00:31 · 5 answers · asked by sean_mchugh6 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
You are going to hate me for this, but I've gotta do it...
Albert said it best, "It's all relative." (you can groan here...)
Briefly the paradox is this: I have two clocks, identical and they both keep perfect time. I set them to match each other here on Earth and ship the other off at near light speed for a while and bring it back and compare the readings. The moving clock whill show less elapsed time than the one which stayed at home.
The question is this: what happened? There are only two possibilities, the clock on Earth sped up or the moving clock slowed down RELATIVE to the other. (get the joke now?) Einstein only theorized this having no way to prove his theory of relativity.
A number of years ago, this was actually put to the test with "atomic" clocks, identical as much as possible, one being flown east and the other sitting still or going west around the globe. I don't exactly remember the details. When they returned and compared them, the clock moving east (the one moving relatively faster) had slowed a significant amount compared to the other clock, thus proving Albert correct.
The only thing this says is the rate of time passing is relative to the point where it is observed. The guy with the clock moving near light speed would see time go by normally in his point of view, the second hand going round and see no apparent effct. The effect would become apparent when he came back and compared his clock and saw it was slow compared to the one left at home. He might be 1 week older while all people at home aged two weeks.
2006-09-16 08:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The time difference for astronauts is on the order of microseconds so I don't think it matters. Even if the difference was seconds, it certainly doesn't mean the wives are 'trapped in the future'. Remember that typical speeds are on the order of a few miles per second. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second, so even the fastest astronaut is going less than 1/10000th the speed of light. Now square that to find the ratio of time loss.
2006-09-16 15:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by mathematician 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Einstein twin paradox still remains a pie in the sky. when you move away at the speed of light in this case the astronaut according to The Einstein time dilation formula his time would slow down -=age slower.However when he returns his time would speed up because he is reversing direction of his travel distance . so his age would be the same as his wife.
2006-09-16 15:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you need a definition of "high rate of speed" Start with something along the lines of a full percentage of the speed of light and move UP from there. Otherwise the time change (which is a recordable event) is unnoticeable.
2006-09-16 15:07:08 · answer #4 · answered by Sugarface 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats deep....however their wives would be of the same genetic makeup and would share the same history and mindstate so I doubt they would notice.
2006-09-16 15:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by ihatestupidclowns 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋