Matrix Morpheus

You mean time dilation? That has to do with velocity relative to that of another. If two observers are in an inertial frame of reference relative to each other, it won't matter how much weed one has smoked vs the other, they will be moving through time at the exact same speed.

has to do with your velocity relative to that of another*

What if weed actually speeds up the way your mind process information, and what if this phenomenon is affected by dilation? you know, I was just wondering.

Time dilation is related length contraction, which is related to velocity. Einstein postulated what he did in his Special Theory of Relativity when he came to the realization that the speed of light was constant in all frames of reference. In other words, no matter what your velocity, you will always measure the speed of light to be the same.

Anybody else, regardless of how much difference there is in velocity between you and them, will also measure the speed of light to be the same.

It's a most fascinating subject. I highly recommend doing some research on it, and in Relativity in general.

Einstein conducted thought experiments in which a person would be traveling in a ship with a light clock on board. The light clock would bounce a beam of light back and forth between mirrors in regular intervals.

To everybody on the ship, even moving at tremendous speeds, the light beam just appears to be bouncing back and forth in a straight line between the two mirrors, at the full speed of light.

If somebody were watching from a different frame of reference at a slower pace, however, they would see that the light beam can't just travel directly back and forth between the two mirrors in the way the people on the ship can, but that it also must travel at a greater angle to keep up pace with the rest of everything else on the ship. They will also see the beam of light moving at the full speed of light.

Therefore, the people on the ship and the observer in another frame of reference cannot agree on how much time has passed between between the beam of light hitting the mirrors, but they CAN agree that the speed of the light beam is in fact the full speed of light.

It's nothing new, but still does not fail to fascintate me. So if there were a stationary observer, to his/her point of view the light beam bouncing inside the ship would appear stationary is that right?

Let's put it this way: there is somebody traveling in a ship at a certain speed, and another standing on the ground of a planet, which is also moving at a certain speed. Both of these people can say that they themselves are inertial, and it is the other that is moving, and both points of view would be valid.

Now imagine the ship is zooming by the planet with it's light clock turned on. On board the ship, the beam of light is moving in along a path that is at a perfect 90 degree angle to each mirror. However, to the observer on the ground, that beam of light is moving at a different angle (in order to keep up with everything else aboard the ship), and therefore the light must travel a farther distance between each of the mirrors.

However, even though they cannot agree on how long it takes for the light to bounce off of each mirror, they can both agree that the light is moving at the full speed of light.

Length contraction also comes into play here, which explains why both observers will measure their own light clocks at the full speed of light. The faster one travels, the more contracted their length becomes, as well as the length of everything else within their own frame of reference (including any and all measuring devices). Therefore, the moving observer will not notice this length contraction at all.

So, both observers will argue on how long the light beam took to travel between each mirror, but they will both agree that the light beam was moving at exactly the full speed of light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgH9KXEQ0YU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev9zrt__lec

The second link is a longer video, but it's pretty mind blowing.

Tried to link you to some mind blowing youtube videos on the subject, but my message disappeared upon refresh. Links in comments must be against the rules or something. :(

Look up "Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity" by "Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky" on Youtube. Fascinating video. There are tons of other great videos on Youtube on the subject as well.

Ooo, the links came back! Good. Here is another one on frames of reference. It's actually a series, I'll just link you to part one. Watch all of them though for a mind blowing experience!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y75kEf8xLxI

You sir just provided me so much information. thank you so much.

Not a problem. I was very tired when I wrote all of that and see that I could have probably explained some of that better, but at least the points were made. The videos I linked you to do a better job at explaining it anyway. Take care!

Oh! my bad.

Nah, I knew what you were getting at, since weed does make it seem as though time has slowed down. It's all in your head though. Still got a chuckle out of the meme (in fact I will up vote it for you), just felt compelled to explain what I did.

tnx

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