@berkeman, @Dale, obviously prior comments on the subject did not provide a clear answer and this is a different aspect regardless. The level of condescension in this forum is astounding. I expect more of physics students and professors, but the reality is that they behave just like every one...
A very basic level question.
Two objects are floating in a vaccum, Object A and Object B. Then distance begins to grow between the two objects. Object A feels acceleration being exerted, Object B does not.
What does this show?
From a classical perspective, it would be my understanding...
Science, in any field, is applied philosophy. Therefore the postulation of the theory of gravity is the philosophical aspect, and the mathematics that demonstrate how it works is the applied aspect. In this context the original question postulates if you remove the math, what is gravity. And...
So...my follow-up question would be...how would you describe gravity from a philosophical point of view? If it is not a force, then what is it? Would you agree that it behaves in a field, much like magnetism?
Just to make sure I state some aspects of Relativity correctly:
Would you agree...
No offense Russ, would prefer if you didn’t respond if you aren’t going to provide data.
Gravity behaves as a centipetal force regardless of its classification. It is a force pushing objects inward toward a planetary body.
I’m also aware that centifugal force is classified as an acceleration...
Newtonian Physics states in part that 'every object has an absolute state of motion relative to absolute space, so that an object must be either in a state of absolute rest, or moving at some absolute speed.'
Granting that if absolute space were to exist, we have no means to measure it at...
All the above makes sense. A side question though. Centrifugal force, much like you experience on a merry-go-round is not acceleration dependent. It is constantly attempting to push you away from the center. You do feel this force in constant motion. I assume you cannot feel this motion on...
It has often been posed that one reason humans cannot feel the motion of the Earth as it spins and moves around the Sun is that our bodies have acclimated to this motion due the fact that it is all we have ever known. If true, does this mean that astronauts have experienced feeling the motion...
Fairly Simple Question:
If a clock, I suppose ideally an atomic clock, is cooled to near a Absolute Zero, does the cooling process have any impact on its ability to keep time accurately?
If not, what types of clocks would be impacted by the cooling process? I assume any clock that uses a...
And all I am trying to do is gain a better understanding how how the generally understood and practiced scientific theories function in the real world. So a logical question is if time is often measured through decay, how is it different than extreme freezing. I have received a couple of...
Facts are provable things. What methods are used to prove the aging difference? Your answer would imply radioactive decay. As above, the inquiry asks if there are additional means for showing decay and/or the passage of time in the two objects other than radioactive decay.
Your first response brought up the fact that we are already traveling extremely fast. That's all. Do you often start your experiments with items that do not have an impact on the results? I didn't include the speed of the Earth, the Milky Way, the Universe, because they had no bearing on the...
What are you talking about? I'm not trying to change anything nor am I ignoring any laws of physics. If you lack the engineering/chemistry backgroud to describe how absolute 0 impacts objects, ok, that aspect is a question for another forum. Let's focus on Relativity, and I will keep it...
I would argue that we invite debates about Relativity every day through 1) the development and advancement of String Theory, and 2) the fact that we call it the Theory of Relativity and not the Law of Relativity. Regardless, I am not trying to challenge Relativity, I am simply trying to...
I'm not trying to pose anything about alternative theories of science. LOL. It is simply a question about what are the measuring sticks that show differences in behavior of objects moving near the speed of light relative to an object at rest on Earth and how that differs from an object being...