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General Chat / For the deep thinkers here
« on: July 11, 2008, 09:50:11 AM »
Please do not turn this into funhouse material. Sad that I feel I have to request it, huh?
On to the Deep Thoughts, not by Jack Handey.
Imagine if you could strip the shackles of gravity and every other force acting on you and stick to a spot in space. Zero movement. What do you suppose would happen?
I have been thinking on it for a while and I thought I had a good idea of what to expect. But then I had another thought this morning in the shower (always a good time for deep thoughts).
I was thinking that the first thing that would happen is you'd find yourself in empty space faster than thought. The Earth, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe all moving at whatever relative speed. Add to the fact the faster you move the slower time gets, or the slower you are the faster (relative) time is. Meaning you could spend the rest of your days in your spot, but only seconds would have passed on Earth.
But my new thought has to do with the little equation of E=MC^2. The faster you move, the more massive you become. One reason we'll never get close to the speed of light. So, the slower we are, the less massive we are? Does zero movement == zero mass? Would a stationary object suddenly become explosive with this new found energy? You'd never live out your days because you are a bomb?
Well, maybe not, as the mass increase is only apparent to the observer. So, the decrease in mass is also only to the observer. Which makes it seem like if someone was watching you and you stopped in your tracks, you would pop out of existence (no mass). But would there be a release of energy? You would go on living in your spot while some poor fool was too close to your 'exit' point.
Then I had another thought in tagent of what if the Earth's trajectory went over your intended spot. Would you create this hole through the Earth as it moved across? Would the relative speed and supposed loss of mass mean there's nothing there to even create a hole?
Any thoughts?
On to the Deep Thoughts, not by Jack Handey.
Imagine if you could strip the shackles of gravity and every other force acting on you and stick to a spot in space. Zero movement. What do you suppose would happen?
I have been thinking on it for a while and I thought I had a good idea of what to expect. But then I had another thought this morning in the shower (always a good time for deep thoughts).
I was thinking that the first thing that would happen is you'd find yourself in empty space faster than thought. The Earth, Solar System, Galaxy, Universe all moving at whatever relative speed. Add to the fact the faster you move the slower time gets, or the slower you are the faster (relative) time is. Meaning you could spend the rest of your days in your spot, but only seconds would have passed on Earth.
But my new thought has to do with the little equation of E=MC^2. The faster you move, the more massive you become. One reason we'll never get close to the speed of light. So, the slower we are, the less massive we are? Does zero movement == zero mass? Would a stationary object suddenly become explosive with this new found energy? You'd never live out your days because you are a bomb?
Well, maybe not, as the mass increase is only apparent to the observer. So, the decrease in mass is also only to the observer. Which makes it seem like if someone was watching you and you stopped in your tracks, you would pop out of existence (no mass). But would there be a release of energy? You would go on living in your spot while some poor fool was too close to your 'exit' point.
Then I had another thought in tagent of what if the Earth's trajectory went over your intended spot. Would you create this hole through the Earth as it moved across? Would the relative speed and supposed loss of mass mean there's nothing there to even create a hole?
Any thoughts?
