An evolution question I've often wondered about.

[highwaystar101]

Khuutra said:

highwaystar101 said:

No, because the time would be expanded in the same way for all matter and energy. Let's say time could theoretically be slowed down in this way without obliteration, then everything would slow down with it. Just imagine 6000 years of history as they are now, but millions of times slower. Imagine that the time was stretched if you like.

The mechanics of the solar system would be slowed down, the Earth and everything else would turn very slowly, but at a speed which is directly scaled down from the original speed. The light would too be altered, we wouldn't just be a sitting duck waiting for countless photons to bombard us at a normal rate form the sun like usual, we would still receive 6000 years worth of photons.

Everything would be just the same, but millions of times slower.

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What bothers me about the time is that if time was distorted to be slower then so would the geology. If Earth's time slowed down, then so would the mechanics, which means that today we would still essentially be a big ball of molten rock.

Does... does this assume that the Sun is also in the event horizon? What about the stars out in the universe? What about Siri-

*head explodes*

Of course it would. Look earlier at a reply I made to Kasz about the rubber sheet analogy to explain gravity. It's the same thing. As you approach objects of mass the space is curved around them. When space is curved time appears to slow down, like when you approach a black hole. Because space and time are curved, then there would be no point where you could say this is where time extends and this is where it doesn't, it's a gradual thing. You can be outside of the event horizon, but time would still be distorted by the black hole, just to less effect.

Besides if the Earth was in an event horizon and the sun was not, then the Earth would not be in orbit around the sun today. It would have been crushed.

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Another thought occurs about a white hole, the gravity effects would be so immense that even if we just passed by the event horizon without going in, then the Earth and all the planets could easily have changed trajectory completely, and would have even likely catapulted us away from the sun, separating us from the rest of the solar system.