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Old 04-15-2004, 09:43 PM  
BigFrog
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Quote:
Originally posted by Doctor Dre
I think you can get in the future by going to a really high speed but I don't think it's possible to go in the past

that is correct. the faster you go, the more time slows down. so if someone traveled at a very high rate of speed and made a round trip back to earth, they would come back to an earth in the future. basically if they left for a year, the time spent traveling that equaled a year to the traveler wouldnt equal a year back on earth....it could be several years back on earth equated to a year of travel in space. this is all assuming a very high rate of speed.

also, if you travel towards a black hole, as you get closer and closer towards the center, time slows down. so if you could somehow manage to circle a black hole for a long time and then come back to earth, you yourself would be from the past.
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