Relative perception of time

[gingerjedi]

All you peasants can either slow down or speed up time - but I can actually go back in time or fast forward it.

threaded.

So you have sky+ as well then.

[threaded]

A clue: when a series of events happen very close together in time, you are able to perceive that they were not co-incident, but unable to say which happened first or last, but can be sure of some in the middle.

[gingerjedi]

So what about if you travel away from earth at near light speed and come back again, apparently everyone you know will have aged or died in what seemed like an instant to you... now I find that difficult to comprehend.

It’s almost like a failsafe put in by god himself, if anyone achieves lightspeed they won’t be able to tell anyone else about it.

[Euro-commuter]

Excellent - ordered it from amazon. Thanks EC

Oh Good Lord! Someone acted on my advice and spent money on the basis of it.

I usually try to avoid that risk at work. Hope you enjoy it.

[scooterscot]

Following on from a conversation I had the other day.
perceive smaller increments of time than we do, and we see them as moving ....What are your thoughts on this? Read any good books on this topic?

Folks like us in the West think of time as linear always in front, moving away from behind to forwards. If you talk to folks in the Far East they think of time vertically down to up. Just something I know…

Oh time does not really exist it’s a human perception…

[AlfredJPruffock]

Time will say nothing but I told you so,
Time only knows the price we have to pay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.



If we should weep when clowns put on their show,
If we should stumble when musicians play,
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

There are no fortunes to be told, although,
Because I love you more than I can say,
If I could tell you I would let you know.

The winds must come from somewhere when they blow,
There must be reasons why the leaves decay;
Time will say nothing but I told you so.

Perhaps the roses really want to grow,
The vision seriously intends to stay;
If I could tell you I would let you know.

Suppose the lions all get up and go,
And all the brooks and soldiers run away?
Will time say nothing but I told you so?
If I could tell you I would let you know.

-- W. H. Auden

[scooterscot]

So what about if you travel away from earth at near light speed and come back again, apparently everyone you know will have aged or died in what seemed like an instant to you... now I find that difficult to comprehend.

It’s almost like a failsafe put in by god himself, if anyone achieves light speed they won’t be able to tell anyone else about it.

Well you could not move near this speed as your mass would become like SA and then you'd be doomed. Unless you could protect yourself from those effects...

[gingerjedi]

Well you could not move near this speed as your mass would become like SA and then you'd be doomed. Unless you could protect yourself from those effects...

So the faster you go the more mass you have making it imposable to visit other planets, more proof of god's/nature's failsafe mechanism. Its almost as if we are never meant to find out the secrets of the universe.

[Vito]

Age is a major factor...

A year to a 1 year old is a lifetime...a year to a 61 year old is a blink of the eye...

[dang65]

Excellent - ordered it from amazon. Thanks EC

Second hand?