2007-09-26 04:03:23 · 10 answers · asked by michaeljamescarr 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
no it depends how fast the object is travelling
2007-09-26 09:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by supremecritic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea that things "travel" trough time is not a scientific one. It is used in literature some of the time but since there is no equivalent scientific concept like that, one can't give a scientific answer.
As for a literary answer, I would say "No.". An author would be free to chose a style in which "things" or at least people "travel" or perceive time differently. It is probably more common to do that than to assume that time is a constant in good literature because human perception is more variable than clocks.
2007-09-26 04:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, what is time firstly.
In a degree finals question I recall, I answewed 'Time is the measure of increasing disorder in a system' and it was correct.
So, in essence, I would say that yes, everything does travel at the same rate if your foundation for the argument is time its self.
We, us humans, invented the concept of time - it wasn't handed down to us by the 'Gods' at the creation of the universe, so if there is any confusion surrounding it, we only have our selves to blame really!!
2007-09-26 04:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well acording to the relativity not all the things travel at the same rate, depends on the speed on wich the object moves,
at great next speeds to the light the time passes but slow, check the twins paradox on the web for better explanation, or in wikipedia check relativity
2007-09-26 04:16:26 · answer #4 · answered by elcaves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not really. The faster something travels the more time appears (relative to an observer) to slow down.
If you are sitting on the sofa, and I am walking around the room - my time is (from your perspective) going slower than yours. And what's really peculiar is that, from my perspective, it's your time that's slowed down. It's all relative, you see.
Of course, at this level the difference is too miniscule to detect - and only becomes evident at light speed level.
So, the actual answer to your question is no.
2007-09-26 05:01:40 · answer #5 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not sure how true this is, but i think there was an astronaut who spent so much time whizzing round the earth that he actually went back in time. by about 0.0000001 seconds, but still.
i imagine that otherwise things do travel at the same rate, but then whenever i think about time and exceeding the speed of light etc my brain hurts.
2007-09-26 04:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by jonny342 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing can travel through time, everything moves with time.
2007-09-26 04:57:58 · answer #7 · answered by johnandeileen2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is true, why do they say that the returning astronauts are a few seconds younger when they return?
There once was a pilot named Wright
Whose speed was much faster than light.
He flew off, one day
In a relative way,
And returned on the previous night.
2007-09-26 04:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by oldsalt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well.... they travel through time at the same rate... im sure...
2007-09-26 04:11:53 · answer #9 · answered by bugojanka69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so. I'm fairly sure that time is consistent for all objects.
2007-09-26 04:07:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋