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> In fact, clocks tick slower when they are in a stronger gravitational field They shouldn't, if they are properly made. They should tick and measure at their
by interfixus 8y ago
> In fact, clocks tick slower when they are in a stronger gravitational field
They shouldn't, if they are properly made. They should tick and measure at their usual rate. Their local timeframe is out of whack with somewhere else, but that's got nothing to do with the clocks.
- bagacrap 8y agoI don't know what you're basing this assertion on, but "The Most Unknown" highlights NIST and CU researchers who are building hyper accurate clocks with the express purpose of using them as mass detectors.
- interfixus 8y agoExactly. Hyper accurate clocks. Don't gain and don't lose. Which is why you may use them to detect differences in the flow of time in various locations. It's just one of my peeves, "clocks slowing down in hight gravity". Nonsense, it's time itself which "slows down".
- johnalamosisi 8y agowat
- gregdunn 8y agoIt's unfortunate you're getting downvoted, because this is correct. For anyone that is dubious: Black holes are one of the common ways this gets discussed, because it's such an extreme example, and you can read more about it at http://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/faq/blackholes.html#q11 http://www1.phys.vt.edu/~jhs/faq/blackholes.html#q11 - this goes into a bit about photons and the event horizon - you can ignore that and just consider it in regards to the time dilation effects of gravity.
- interfixus 8y agoThank you. It is faintly disturbing how many downvotes short, factually incontrovertible comments may often garner on HN.