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> time dilation to make it go fast (from our frame of reference) The only way to do that is that we move to a place from which the computer processes appear ac
by stracer 2y ago
> time dilation to make it go fast (from our frame of reference)
The only way to do that is that we move to a place from which the computer processes appear accelerated, e.g. into a strong gravity well. That isn't very useful, because we do not have such a well nearby, as only very dense hypothetical objects can provide it (e.g. black holes), and it would not be compatible with life to move there.
- pennomi 2y agoDoesn’t have to be compatible with life, just compatible with computing.
- Tuna-Fish 2y agoYou misunderstand. The problem with using time dilation is that you can only make the clock go slower, not faster. If you wanted to exploit time dilation to get a computer result faster (in subjective time), you don't send the computer to an exotic locale, you go there yourself, while you leave the computer to do work in normal space.
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoTIL that time dilation can only really be used to make something go slower than normal space, not faster. Sci-fi authors owe some apologies. I'm looking at you, Star Trek.
- xenadu02 2y agoTime dilation means the object in the gravity well is experiencing time at a slower rate than us humans outside. That is the opposite condition we want: us slow, computer fast.