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Old 06-11-2007, 10:17 AM  
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The latest discoveries show that gravity has an effect on time. The stronger gravity is, the slower time will go. The closer to the center of the earth, the slower time will be.
I agree with the general theory you're stating here - gravity does seem to affect time. Nothing new there, really.

There was a cool GFY thread on a time machine that someone invented last week:

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/739925-guy-invinted-time-machine-based-einsteins-theory.html

But what you just said here does not follow.

The closer to the center of earth you get, the less gravitational force is exerted on you in a single direction. e.g. by the time you theoretically get to the center of the earth you're experiencing weightlessness. The effects of gravity are greatest on the surface of the planet - right where we're standing.

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At the surface of a black hole time stands still which would mean that if you would enter a black hole all eternity of the whole universe would pass you by in one instant!
Keep in mind that this is all theory. Not fact - as just about anything dealing with Black Holes.... including what they are.

And what do you mean by "surface"? the event horizon? The actual "surface" of the stellar object known as a black hole is generally considered to be a geometric point - much as the universe was prior to the Big Bang.... exerting such a powerful force that gravity has sucked it into itself ad infinitum. By what you wrote, I think you meant the event horizon...

Assuming you mean event horizon, there are many theories on this... the most practical of which, imho, deals with any time effects being only visible to the outside viewer.... falling through it ourselves, we wouldn't notice anything but our bodies being dissimulated atom by atom as we approach the mass - spaghettified - and eventually have our body compacted inside a space that's infinitely small - along with whatever else has fallen in with us.

Cool - maybe... but I also think very painful (or not painful at all... I really have no idea what atomic dissimulation feels like), and not memorable as we're rather dead after it all - and lost to the outside world.
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