tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post4666790469999832862..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The measurement of time and the age of the worldRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-30947610387156928882010-04-21T12:04:10.960-04:002010-04-21T12:04:10.960-04:00Interesting. I've thought similarly with regar...Interesting. I've thought similarly with regard to producing empirical evidence. I developed a theoretical machine as a thought experiment that it might actually be possible to fabricate. A few years ago while accompanying one of my kids on an amusement park ride, I noticed how the machines were geared and produced whirling cars attached to whirling carriages attached to a larger whirling device. The relative velocity of each car through the central movements of the carriages was nil, but very high relative velocities were achieved between a car from one primary carriage to a car from an adjoining primary carriage, although secondary, tertiary, etc., carriages could be added. With each additional carriage, the relative velocity between such cars would increase exponentially. The size of each carriage and car would decrease with each additional step. As the relative velocity between cars would be engineered to approach the speed of light, laser emitters and receptors could be included between cars to register the moment each passed compared to a benchmark of predicted time index from the centermost movement to the primary carriage given its similar distance from the cars allowing for the elimination of discrepancies due to the time it takes for information to travel to a central location. The apparent paradox of time dilation should be observable at varying velocities. The question I would have is that if such a machine were possible, what form would resistance take to prevent the machine from exceeding the speed of light between cars?<br /><br />I have also wondered if some residual effects of the extreme time dilation in the universe that would have be prevalent at the creation would have any residual effect and observed with wonder that a probe having accomplished a few planetary fly-bys was noted to have reported a slower than expected departure from the solar system. Could it be related? Could black matter and even red sift (physics can be such a colorful science) simply be accounted for by residual time dilation from the creation? Who knows.Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.com