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August 29th, 2011, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by fool
How do you check if your level is reading correctly?
All I can do is look to those who have better scientific understanding than I of such matters. I personally, as an amateur, have no level of reading, but generally lean toward those that do.
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August 29th, 2011, 06:59 PM
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Does time slow down in a medium that slows down light?
No. Time is determined by the speed of light in a vacuum. That's the sense in which light speed is referred to and employed as constant. That's what the letter C stands for in E=MC^2, and all other formulas.
I'm not sure what you mean by "given inertial reference frame"?
Basically, it's just any given spot in the universe. Here. There. Wherever.
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Can this "given inertial reference frame" vary?
One to another? Sure.
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And if so, does a second vary in accordance?
Sorta. As far as anything in any particular spot is concerned, a second is however long it takes light to travel 300,000 km, and although it may appear to be shorter or longer from another frame of reference, it'll always be the same in its own.
All I can do is look to those who have better scientific understanding than I of such matters. I personally, as an amateur, have no level of reading, but generally lean toward those that do.
I think he means "level" as in a tool one uses to gauge the horizontal.
It's an interesting question which really highlights the strange nature of relativity. Basically, you can trust your level in your own frame of reference, but don't try using it in another unless you know the proper conversion values, because you're gonna get some pretty odd readings (such as objects appearing to move at supraluminal velocities).
No. Time is determined by the speed of light in a vacuum. That's the sense in which light speed is referred to and employed as constant. That's what the letter C stands for in E=MC^2, and all other formulas.
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August 29th, 2011, 05:46 PM
Does time slow down in a medium that slows down light?
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