Time dilation #2
- From: bill <cosmosco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:28:02 -0700 (PDT)
My previous thread, although active, was buried on the basis, I
assume, that it was becoming disruptive so let's see if this one gets
the same treatment.
I realize that it is similar to my previous post however I am
attempting to 'keep things as simple as possible'.
It also provides additional ammunition for resident manure spreaders
to ‘prove’ their superior intellect. They don’t need to thank me.
A person is located on a mountain top and is looking at a (very large)
clock (B) at sea-level.
He notices that clock B is ticking over at a slower rate than his own
clock (A) as theorized by Einstein in general theory and as ratified
by the Wallops Island experiment where a clock at sea-level, being
located in a strong gravitational tidal area, will tick over at a
slower rate than an identical clock on top of a mountain that is in a
weaker gravitational tidal area.
Is he entitled to be of the opinion that if he were to move to sea-
level his clock would be subjected to the same 'law' of physics thus
it will then be ticking over at a slower rate than it is before he
starts his descent?
He moves to sea-level and although his clock's rate of operation (i.e.
it’s ‘proper rate) has seemingly remained unchanged (as has his heart-
beat rate and mental processes which are also affected by his now
being located in a stronger gravitational tidal area) however this
does not alter the fact that he and his clock are now in a stronger
gravitational tidal area than they were on top of the mountain thus
his clock is ticking over at a slower rate than it was before he
descended.
It matters not if the mountaintop observer is looking at this
phenomenon from a ‘minkowskian curved spacetime’ perspective or a
‘euclidian space and time’ point of view; he will see the sea-level
clock ticking over at a slower rate than his own clock.
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