Chapter 541: Time is Meaningless to Light, Distance is Meaningless to Electrons!
Dennis's words aroused widespread agreement among wizards, and many of them proposed their own methods of transcending the speed of light, such as finding a reference object that was moving fast enough, and more directly, shooting two lasers at the front and back.
"It seems that you haven't read my theory of relativity, otherwise you wouldn't have such thoughts." Lynn sighed and interrupted the discussion.
"You mean that relative formula of speed versus time?" Anthony asked suddenly.
Unlike the rest of the wizards who couldn't help but start questioning after reading the first half of the paper, out of trust in Lynn, Anthony carefully read all the manuscripts, but became more confused than others.
The four relative formulas mentioned above were the ones that shocked him the most, and he saw in these formulas the huge ambition of this magic star, which was to unify energy, mass, speed, and time and space, and construct a theory of power that was completely different from their cognition!
"Not bad." Lynn nodded, then continued to explain. "The problem with not being able to exceed the speed of light is that if the speed of an object changes, so does the amount of time it elapses!"
According to the well-known formula for speed, the distance is equal to the speed multiplied by the time!
Now that the speed of light has become a constant value, it can only change in time!
"Suppose there is a light flying in front of you, and its speed is 300,000 kilometers per second to the eyes of a different onlooker, and if you are running after the light at a speed of 150,000 per second, then the speed of time is reduced to half of the original speed compared to the stationary bystander, so the speed of light is still 300,000 kilometers per second for you." Lynn explains, for example.
"So the faster we run, the slower time passes?" Steger's brows furrowed involuntarily, and he asked rhetorically. "Then why don't we notice it when we usually run, even if we get on the train, there will be no change in the slightest."
"That's because it's so slow, even the speed of the train isn't worth mentioning compared to the speed of light, so the change in the speed of time isn't obvious......" Lynn replied with a shrug of her shoulders.
This is undoubtedly a good explanation for why the speed of light is constant in the eyes of any observer, but time is mysteriously constant to most wizards, at least in their universe, no one has a second longer or shorter than anyone else's.
But according to the theory of this magic star, all people, and even all material time, is relative and chaotic.
"Since the change in the velocity of time at low velocities is difficult to measure, how do we prove it?" Dennis asked, confused.
"This is also very easy to do, according to the relative mass formula, velocity and mass can be converted into each other, so there is also a difference in the flow rate of time for massive objects!" Lynn explained with a smile.
Dennis was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and said in horror. "Could it be...... Universal gravitation?! ”
It is only gravity that satisfies the characteristics of greater mass, higher strength, and at the same time exists on any substance!
"Yes, gravity!" Lynn nodded. "Time and space are one, they are inseparable, and the distortion of space will naturally cause changes in the flow of time."
"I've verified that." Lynn took out a quartz clock and placed it on the table, then spoke again.
"I tried to create the largest gravitational field within my own capabilities, put this quartz clock into it, and now it indicates a time about 0.03 seconds slower than the outside world!"
0.03 seconds? Are you sure it's not the quartz clock that's wrong? Steg opened his mouth with a strange look on his face, but finally closed it, because it was impossible for this magic star not to consider such a simple question, it only took a few more experiments to make it clear, it was impossible to have a problem every time.
Sean's invention of the quartz clock has now become an indispensable experimental tool for every wizard, this thing can be accurate to 80,000th of a second, has been running for months, and has never missed a mistake!
Harrov, Anthony and other Speakers, as well as a few great wizards who have come into contact with the Time and Space Gate, can't help but think of foreign lands.
There is a seven-fold time flow difference between the world outside the space-time gate and the eternal star they are in, does that mean that the other party's world is moving faster than them, so time passes more slowly.
"Speaker Lynn, shouldn't space and time exist independently of each other?" Jeffrey asked, confused.
In his view, space is space and time is time, and there is a clear boundary between the two.
If the two are related, then the continuous passage of time does not mean that space is also in constant motion?
"Jeffrey, what do you think time is?" Lynn asked, instead.
Geoffrey frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't give a proper enough answer for a long time, and the rest of the wizards thought about it as well.
Lynn didn't wait too long before explaining. "In my opinion, time is actually the eternal movement of matter, the continuity of change, the expression of order! There's nothing magical about it, it's just a name we've coined to describe the state of motion of matter! ”
"You might as well imagine what the meaning of time would be if all the elements in this universe were now stagnant? Everything will be frozen in place, unable to move, let alone have the ability to think......"
Therefore, the so-called four-dimensional space-time universe can also be explained as a three-dimensional space universe in motion!
"Since time is the abstract embodiment of the continuous motion of matter, the trajectory of motion can of course be distorted!" Lynn looked at the wizards present and said solemnly.
"According to the equation of mass and gravity, combined with the relativistic formula of velocity equivalent to mass, the moment an object's speed reaches the speed of light, its time has come to a standstill, which is why I dare say that the speed of light cannot be surpassed!"
Lynn's voice was not loud, but it could reach the ears of every wizard, but it was as powerful as a bell.
"Your theory of relativity is only about to tear down the entire magical system and rebuild it." Harrov said with a sigh.
How incredible Haroff was when he received this manuscript before, how shocking he is now.
Although each of these theories sounds more contrary to common sense, just like what Lynn just said, they established magic science to explain the way things work, no matter how weird, strange, and irrational a theory is, as long as it can accurately explain natural phenomena, then it is undoubtedly the truth!
Steg and others were also speechless in astonishment, wanting to refute, but had to admit that the theory of relativity not only reached a strange logical self-consistency, but also had the beam shift experiment and the gravitational experiment of the quartz clock as evidence.
Once the theory of relativity is proven correct, the concepts of space, time, velocity, and mass will need to be redefined from now on!
Seeing that the wizards present had died down and began to think about the question of space-time and the movement of matter, Lynn turned her head to look at Jeffrey and asked curiously. "Master Jeffrey, I've heard that you're having some trouble improving your double-slit interference experiments?"
"It's no small hassle!" Jereve smiled wryly, "I suspect we met the elemental ghosts......"
Arad on the side described in detail all the strange phenomena they encountered in the experiment.
"Photons and electrons can even predict in advance what we intend to observe them, and no amount of cover-up or trickery we can come up with will change that." A look of horror appeared on Arad's face.
"Isn't that normal?" Lynn said in surprise.
Arad paused, then almost jumped, what the hell is normal?
"Have you forgotten? Time doesn't mean anything to light because it has reached its limit, and time stands still compared to you! This means that in the light of himself, it is instantaneous to go anywhere......" Lynn said with a smile.
Because time stands still, it is bound to know whether it will be observed at the moment of launch, so as to determine whether it will collapse or not.
So there's no foresight, everything is magical!
Arad froze in place, even though Lynn had explained the principle that time was almost frozen due to the maximum speed of light, he always felt as if things were getting weirder.
If the light had already traveled in an instant, what would they see and what was the traveling beam?
Isn't cause and effect reversed?
Thinking of the meaninglessness of time that Lynn had said, Arad suddenly fell into a daze.
Jeffrey continued to ask. "What about electrons? It's not as fast as the light, and time doesn't stand still, does it? ”
Lynn raised an eyebrow and said with a deep groan. "If time is meaningless for light, then distance in space is meaningless for electrons!"
"As for why, it's up to you to figure it out!" Lynn patted Jeffrey on the shoulder and said encouragingly, without revealing the secret.
In fact, he himself has only touched a trace of the truth, and he is not 100% sure.
A probabilistic cloud of free electrons can cover the entire universe and theoretically reach anywhere instantaneously, it's just a matter of probability.
The electron located in the element cannot do this because it is tightly bound to the nucleus, and when it is detached, it means that the extent of the probability cloud becomes very large, at least much larger than in Jeffrey's laboratory.
The probability cloud of free electrons is also one of the few things that can exceed the speed of light, for the simple reason that the maximum limit of the speed of light is only in the fourth dimension of space-time, and if it is affected by a higher dimension, it may not be.
One example of this is the gravitational pull of a massive star, where the speed of light decreases significantly.
The reason for this is that because of the light, it is forced to take a detour, and it no longer travels in a straight line as they see!
It's like an ant, you can't walk directly to the other side of the hill in a straight line, you have to climb the high slope first.
Although the speed of the ants has not changed from beginning to end, it appears to the observer of the second dimension that it has crossed that distance at an extremely slow speed.
Time has no meaning for light, and distance in space has no meaning for electrons...... These two sentences lingered in Geoffrey's mind for a long time, and he vaguely felt a clue, but he didn't understand why.
"Here are some experimental manuscripts of my research on the theory of relativity, if you are interested, you can take a look!" Lynn took out the second half of the manuscript of the theory of relativity and handed it to Steg and others.
Lynn sincerely hopes that they can figure it out and overcome their fears of the microscopic realm as soon as possible.
In this way, the council's plan for mass production legends can be implemented.
About half an hour later, Jeffrey and the others, who had printed dozens of original manuscripts of the theory of relativity with magic, walked out of the manor.
When they came, everyone was full of confidence, trying to refute this ridiculous argument, but when they left, they frowned and fell into thinking about the transformation of time, space and quality.
Lynn didn't say goodbye, because Dennis suddenly reported to them the good news that the first supersonic fighter has been officially completed and will be ready for its first test flight tomorrow!
"No wonder you rarely have time to come and reason with me." Lynn suddenly realized that Dennis was so busy that he didn't even have time to attend academic seminars.
As for the test pilot of the new fighter, it has also been decided, so naturally it is Lydia, who has a wealth of flight experience!
(PS: The most difficult theory of relativity has finally been written, and I tried my best to write it to understand better, and then the theory of science fiction will be the majority, mainly based on the plot, so it will not be so long.) )
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