The Universe (History Channel Series)

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Lingyis said:

ssj12 said:

supermariogalaxy said:
Off Topic: What do you guys think about the theory of relativity? (discovered by Albert Einstein) You know, that everything ages realtive to Earth...Do you think we might be actually able to send 1 twin light years away from Earth and keep one on Earth to find that the one in space has hardly aged after 10 years?????????

1. Scientists are close to actually disprove relativity or cement it into place because they are trying to figure out the whole worm hole thing.

2. wtf is you question. I dont understand

3. did you know theres object that go faster then the speed of light. lol

 

I've learned so much from this show. lol

 uh, please refrain from making comments on things you have absolutely no idea about.

1.  Maybe somebody made an offhand remark and you took it as gospel.  

2.  That's because you haven't studied relativity (special relativity, to be exact).  It should be in most high school curriculum, which is why I think he's asking it.   It's called the twin paradox.  Just look it up on Wikipedia for experimental evidence that this is actually real.

3.  Uh, okay. I don't know if you really believe that or if you just got that idea from sci-fi novels.  Special relativity basically leads to the conclusion that it is impossible for anything to travel faster than light.

 

I'm a biology guy far more than a physics one, so I may have this wrong, but my understanding is that the rule actually says nothing can pass the speed of light - particles (like the theoretical and Trek-friendly tachyons) that start existance going faster than light would be allowed, but they would have the same trouble decelerating below light speed as we do accelerating past it.