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“ Navascués said, “If you want a system to age 10 years, it will take 10 years. You can’t create time out of nothing. To make a system age 10 years in one year,
by m3kw9 4y ago
“ Navascués said, “If you want a system to age 10 years, it will take 10 years. You can’t create time out of nothing. To make a system age 10 years in one year, you must get the other nine years from somewhere.” Using this logic, the scientific team hit upon a trick to speed up time. “We discovered that you can transfer evolutionary time between identical physical systems. In a year-long experiment with 10 systems, you can steal one year from each of the first nine systems and give them all to the tenth. At the end of the year, the tenth system will have aged 10 years; the other nine will remain the same as when the experiment began.”
Just leaving it right there
- eli_gottlieb 4y agoI really wish these kinds of articles would give us at least a hint as to the math actually at work here, and what kind of example systems they're working with in their experiments. As-is, this kind of metaphorical hand-waving gives the impression that vastly more is claimed than anyone can possibly have demonstrated in the linked publications.
- izzydata 4y agoBeing completely unknowledgeable of this topic it reminds me of zinc anode on a ship to take all of the effects of rusting from other parts.
- SketchySeaBeast 4y agoExcept in this case it seems to be waiting for the ship to rust and then using the anode to unrust it?