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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Re: The theory that time can be slowed down or sped up
« on: 31/07/2005 00:01:31 »
Sparky, that's a very good challenge, I like it.
But do you accept the experimental evidence for the other predictions of special relativity, e.g. that the apparent mass of electrons and protons increases as they are accelerated towards light speed in a particle accelerator? Or that when a particle and antiparticle annihilate each other the amount of energy generated matches the prediction of E=mc2?
My understanding is that IF Einstein's 2 postulates underpinning SR are valid, then the phenomenon of time dilation must follow as surely as the phenomena of mass increase or mass-energy equivalence. So if you accept the latter phenomena, you ought to accept the former.
Or do you believe the postulates may not be valid (so mass increase might one day have to be explained by an alternative theory)?
Or would you rather I just shut up so that we can all get back to reading ukmicky's accounts of his nocturnal "experiments"?
But do you accept the experimental evidence for the other predictions of special relativity, e.g. that the apparent mass of electrons and protons increases as they are accelerated towards light speed in a particle accelerator? Or that when a particle and antiparticle annihilate each other the amount of energy generated matches the prediction of E=mc2?
My understanding is that IF Einstein's 2 postulates underpinning SR are valid, then the phenomenon of time dilation must follow as surely as the phenomena of mass increase or mass-energy equivalence. So if you accept the latter phenomena, you ought to accept the former.
Or do you believe the postulates may not be valid (so mass increase might one day have to be explained by an alternative theory)?
Or would you rather I just shut up so that we can all get back to reading ukmicky's accounts of his nocturnal "experiments"?