The Implications of going back in time and changing the past - Page 2

Stag · 07-30-2003, 12:02 PM

I actually read an article that said if you were travelling on a commercial jet at normal altitude and at normal cruising speed for 2 years straight or an accumulated total of 2 years, you actuallygain 1 second on everyone else who is staying with feet firmly planted on terra firma.

Pencil Monkey · 07-30-2003, 01:41 PM

No wonder business men all look so young.. bastards!! They're 2 seconds younger than me

Cymro · 07-30-2003, 11:30 PM

Yeah, the whole speed slowing down the passage of time thing is quite well documented.

That's probably why Picard is still allowed to Captain the Federation flagship at the age of 70!

Deslok · 07-31-2003, 02:17 AM

Well, that and the fact that medical science has probably improved a lot by then too. Doctor McCoy lived to be 120 years old, which is how long the human body is supposed to last.

But also, time is relative. We measure hours because of the sun's rotation and the time it takes has been split up into 24 hours. If you're on a spacecraft flying at FTL speeds, who knows what it would do to one's physiology? Who knows if there isn't a part of the brain that regulates aging by the perception of the passage of time and seasons?

Cymro · 07-31-2003, 12:19 PM

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Well, that and the fact that medical  science has probably improved a lot by then too.  Doctor McCoy lived to be 120 years old, which is how long the human body is supposed to last.

But also, time is relative.  We measure hours because of the sun's rotation and the time it takes has been split up into 24 hours.  If you're on a spacecraft flying at FTL speeds, who knows what it would do to one's physiology?  Who knows if there isn't a part of the brain that regulates aging by the perception of the passage of time and seasons?

That's something I've thought of too, I've always kinda wondered why Trek's never included a little conversation about the reation between speed, traveling through both time and space.

Stag · 07-31-2003, 01:48 PM

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That's something I've thought of too, I've always kinda wondered why Trek's never included a little conversation about the relation between speed, traveling through both time and space.

Yeah, but by using warp, aren't they in effect warping the structure of space to get somewhere quicker than using the "normal" laws of physics (i.e. relativity)

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Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	I actually read an article that said if you were travelling on a commercial jet at normal altitude and at normal cruising speed for 2 years straight or an accumulated total of 2 years, you actuallygain 1 second on everyone else who is staying with feet firmly planted on terra firma. __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

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Pencil Monkey Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: A tall tree Posts: 284	No wonder business men all look so young.. bastards!! They're 2 seconds younger than me __________________ Pencil Monkey "I'm as lonely as a fat girl at a school dance"

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Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,921	Yeah, the whole speed slowing down the passage of time thing is quite well documented. That's probably why Picard is still allowed to Captain the Federation flagship at the age of 70! __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

07-31-2003, 02:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
Deslok regruntled and reemployed Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: in front of the computer Posts: 1,221	Well, that and the fact that medical science has probably improved a lot by then too. Doctor McCoy lived to be 120 years old, which is how long the human body is supposed to last. But also, time is relative. We measure hours because of the sun's rotation and the time it takes has been split up into 24 hours. If you're on a spacecraft flying at FTL speeds, who knows what it would do to one's physiology? Who knows if there isn't a part of the brain that regulates aging by the perception of the passage of time and seasons? __________________

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