by neufer » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:45 pm
Devil Particle wrote:
Say you took your twin and tied a long rope around him and swung him around in a circle.
Been there, done that; however, the non-twin brother was 8 years my junior to begin with else I never would have gotten away with it.
Devil Particle wrote:
Say you and him were out in space where gravity is close to zero and somehow managed to make this happen. Now imagine that you are able to spin your twin so fast that his speed approaches the speed of light. Even though he is not moving away from or closer to you, would he age at a different rate because he's moving close to the speed of light?
This is basically the classical twin paradox.
Your twin will hardly age at all (but he will really be pissed).
[quote="Devil Particle"]
Say you took your twin and tied a long rope around him and swung him around in a circle.[/quote]
Been there, done that; however, the non-twin brother was 8 years my junior to begin with else I never would have gotten away with it.
[quote="Devil Particle"]
Say you and him were out in space where gravity is close to zero and somehow managed to make this happen. Now imagine that you are able to spin your twin so fast that his speed approaches the speed of light. Even though he is not moving away from or closer to you, would he age at a different rate because he's moving close to the speed of light?[/quote]
This is basically the classical twin paradox.
Your twin will hardly age at all (but he will really be pissed).