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Originally Posted by Mike33
So when it all comes down to it, this is just an interesting theory? It's an example of abstract mathematics with no real world merit? I was going to post earlier that even though we're able to calculate things happening on pen and paper using mathematic logic, the real world has checks and limits on such things. If we were to travel at the speed of light, would we not disintegrate and would the craft we were flying in not disintegrate too because of the heat it would cause?
But there must be more to this since it's been studied and talked about for years. It must have some application somewhere?
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It has been tested and to some degree substantiated with particle accelerators. Keep in mind there's huge disconnects with current theories at the moment but if you really want the simple simple breakdown of the specific aspect of the theory that you're talking about it would be this:
1) As your velocity approaches the speed of light you move through time more slowly from the point of view of an observer.
2) As your velocity approaches the speed of light you shrink in the direction of the vector from the point of view of an observer.
3) As your velocity approaches the speed of light your mass increases.
Obviously this is way oversimplified and there are far more up-to-date theories on this process now which attempt to bridge the gaps between relativistic physics and other forms of it but yea...