[HPforGrownups] Re: Time-turning

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 167488

From: Dana <ida3 at planet.nl>
>That is not what Einstein said he never said time is linear, he said 
>time is relative. 
>
>This is his perception on time travel:
>
>"The relativistic analogy can be carried to its logical end. Since 
>time begins to slow down with higher speeds, it can be shown that at 
>the speed of light it stops totally and beyond that begins to run 
>backwards". 

Which is a description of a VECTOR, as I stated, and was taught to me when I took astrophysics in college. 

>That is why how one perceives time is relevant because the clock is 
>not what makes time move, it is the speed of the earth in relation to 
>space. 

Relative speed affects passage of time. You are looking at a part of the piece, and not the whole thing. Yes, according to the equations, if we reach the speed of light, time will stop. However, the same equations show that it would take an infinite amount of energy to reach the accelerate to speed of light (or, if one is going faster than the speed of light, to decelerate to it). 

>Most of you live in America but I live in the Netherlands and 
>therefore someone living in New York is 6 hours behind me in time. 
>Does this mean someone living in New York lives in my past? No, it 
>doesn't and when I would travel to New York would this mean I can 
>relive the same time twice? No it doesn't not even when I chance my 
>clock to local time, it just means I can enjoy a longer day because 
>the Sun will set 6 hours later from the place I started from but if I 
>do not adjust my clock then it still is the same time. 

That is sort of like saying that we live closer to you than you do to us, because we measure in miles instead of kilometers. You are confusing arbitrary units with absolute ones. 

Bart