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*Felixir* · 11-04-2010, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Antarctica!

Risu nearly applauded. "That's it! Very, very good job, Mr Miner. The beam goes an even longer way, which means that it takes even longer to complete one trip! Which in turn means that time slows down further!" He was now talking very excitedly.

"In fact, in our relativistic Universe, the faster you are, the slower time ticks. When we're on the Express, we are not ageing as fast as the person sitting on a bench at the station, watching us go past." He grinned. "Of course, the train isn't going very fast at all, so the effect is negligible. But if the Hogwarts Express could travel at, say, 20 percent the speed of light, there would be a noticeable difference!"

Risu looked around. "More questions?" He noticed a raised hand. "Yes, please, Miss Cooper."

He turned around again. "But now, questions. Please do ask them."

Alex raised his hand. "I was just wondering, Professor, about what you said about the faster you are, and the slower time ticks thing. I think I heard about that once to do with a space shuttle, and being on it for three years and getting off and having aged slower than their friends and spouses. So..." the boy said slowly.

He was thinking. Something was going down.

"Say you had a set of twins and at birth one was taken away to live on a train. Let's call this train!twin 'Blaine'. Now... the riddle of Blaine iiiiiis... on the land!twin's 30th birthday... Blaine wouldn't be 30, would he? But... I dunno... would it be a big-ish difference? A year? Would there even be a conceivable difference? I don't know... I'm not well versed on this stuff. Or trains."

...

"Or... twins."

11-04-2010, 12:14 AM	#47 (permalink)
Felixir Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,224 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Seventh Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Typhon Prince Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Fifth Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight Quote: Originally Posted by Antarctica! Risu nearly applauded. "That's it! Very, very good job, Mr Miner. The beam goes an even longer way, which means that it takes even longer to complete one trip! Which in turn means that time slows down further!" He was now talking very excitedly. "In fact, in our relativistic Universe, the faster you are, the slower time ticks. When we're on the Express, we are not ageing as fast as the person sitting on a bench at the station, watching us go past." He grinned. "Of course, the train isn't going very fast at all, so the effect is negligible. But if the Hogwarts Express could travel at, say, 20 percent the speed of light, there would be a noticeable difference!" Risu looked around. "More questions?" He noticed a raised hand. "Yes, please, Miss Cooper." He turned around again. "But now, questions. Please do ask them." Alex raised his hand. "I was just wondering, Professor, about what you said about the faster you are, and the slower time ticks thing. I think I heard about that once to do with a space shuttle, and being on it for three years and getting off and having aged slower than their friends and spouses. So..." the boy said slowly. He was thinking. Something was going down. "Say you had a set of twins and at birth one was taken away to live on a train. Let's call this train!twin 'Blaine'. Now... the riddle of Blaine iiiiiis... on the land!twin's 30th birthday... Blaine wouldn't be 30, would he? But... I dunno... would it be a big-ish difference? A year? Would there even be a conceivable difference? I don't know... I'm not well versed on this stuff. Or trains." ... "Or... twins." __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Chocolate!