"It seems that you haven't finished reading my theory of relativity, otherwise you wouldn't have such an idea." Lin En sighed and interrupted everyone's discussion.
"Are you referring to the relative formula of speed and time?" Anthony suddenly asked.
Unlike the other wizards who couldn't help but start questioning after reading the first half of the paper, based on his trust in Lynn, Anthony carefully read all the manuscripts, but he became more confused than others.
The four relative formulas mentioned above were what shocked him the most. He saw from these formulas the huge ambition of the Magic Star, which was to unify energy, mass, speed, time and space, and construct a power theory that was completely different from their cognition! "That's right." Lin En nodded, and then continued to explain. "The reason why we can't exceed the speed of light is here, because if the speed of an object changes, then the time it experiences will also change!"
According to the well-known speed formula, distance equals speed multiplied by time!
Now that the speed of light has become a constant, the only thing that can change is time! "Suppose there is a beam of light flying forward. To different observers, its speed is 300,000 kilometers per second. If you run after the light at 150,000 kilometers per second, then the speed of time for you is reduced to half of that for the stationary observer, so the speed of light for you is still 300,000 kilometers per second," Lin En explained with an example.
"So the faster we run, the slower time passes?" Sternger's brows knitted together as he asked back. "Then why don't we notice anything when we run normally? Even when we take the train, time doesn't change at all."
"That's because the speed is too slow. Even the speed of the train is not worth mentioning compared to the speed of light, so the change in the speed of time is not obvious..." Lin En shrugged and answered freely.
This undoubtedly explains well why the speed of light remains constant in the eyes of any observer. However, time is mysterious and constant to most wizards. At least in the universe they live in, no one's second is longer or shorter than that of anyone else.
But according to the theory of this magic star, the time of all people and even all matter is relative and chaotic.
"Since the change in the speed of time flow at low speed is difficult to measure, how can we prove this?" Dennis asked confusedly.
"This is also very easy to handle. According to the relative mass formula, speed and mass can be converted into each other, so there are differences in the speed of time flow for large mass objects!" Lynn explained with a smile.
Dennis was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted and said in horror, "Could it be... gravity?!"
Only gravity satisfies the characteristic that the greater the mass, the higher the strength, and it exists on any substance at the same time! "Yes, it is gravity!" Lin En nodded. "Time and space are one, they are inseparable. The distortion of space will naturally cause changes in the speed of time flow."
"I have already verified this." Lynn took out a quartz clock and placed it on the table, then spoke again.
"I tried to create the largest gravitational field within my capabilities and placed this quartz clock inside it. Now the time indicated by it is about 0.03 seconds slower than the outside world!"
0.03 seconds? Are you sure there is something wrong with the quartz clock? Steger looked strange and opened his mouth, but finally closed it. It was impossible for this magic star not to consider such a simple question. He only needed to experiment a few more times to find out. It was impossible for the problem to go wrong every time.
The quartz clock invented by Sean has now become an indispensable experimental tool for every wizard. This thing can be accurate to one eighty-thousandth of a second. It has been running for several months and has never made a mistake!
Speakers such as Harof and Anthony, as well as a few great wizards who had come into contact with the time and space gate, could not help but think of foreign lands.
The world outside the space-time gate has a time flow rate difference of seven times that of the Eternal Star where they are. Does that mean that the world where the other party is located is moving faster than theirs, so time passes more slowly?
"Speaker Lin, shouldn't space and time exist independently of each other?" Jeffrey asked puzzledly.
In his view, space is space and time is time, and the boundaries between the two are clear.
If the two are related, then the constant passage of time means that space is also constantly moving. "Jeffrey, what do you think time is?" Lin En asked.
Jeffrey frowned and thought for a while, but he couldn't come up with a sufficiently appropriate answer for a long time. The other wizards also began to think about it.
Lin En didn't wait too long before explaining. "In my opinion, time is actually the manifestation of the eternal movement of matter, the continuity of change, and the order of the matter! There is nothing magical about it. It is just a name we created to conveniently describe the state of matter movement!"
"You might as well imagine this: if all the elements in the universe were to stagnate, what would the meaning of time be? Everything would be frozen in place, unable to move, and not even able to think..."
Therefore, the so-called four-dimensional space-time universe can also be explained as a moving three-dimensional space universe! "Since time is an abstract manifestation of the continuous movement of matter, the trajectory of movement can of course be distorted!" Lin En looked at the wizards present and said solemnly.
"According to the equation of mass and gravity, combined with the speed-equivalent-to-mass formula of relativity, when an object's speed reaches the speed of light, its time has already stopped. This is why I dare to say that the speed of light cannot be surpassed!"
Lin En's voice was not loud, but when it reached the ears of every wizard, it was like a huge bell, shaking their hearts.
"I'm afraid your theory of relativity will require the entire magic system to be torn down and rebuilt." Harof said with a sigh.
When Harof received this manuscript before, he was so surprised, just as he was shocked now.
Although these theories sounded more and more contrary to common sense, just like what Lin En said just now, they established magic science to explain the laws of operation of things. No matter how weird, strange, and unreasonable a theory is, as long as it can accurately explain natural phenomena, it is undoubtedly the truth! Steger and others were speechless in astonishment. They wanted to refute it, but they had to admit that the theory of relativity not only achieved a strange logical self-consistency, but also had the light beam deflection experiment and the quartz clock gravity experiment as evidence.
"This is no small trouble!" Jerif smiled bitterly, "I suspect we have encountered an elemental ghost..."
Arad on the side described in detail all the strange phenomena they encountered during the experiment.
"Photons and electrons can even predict our intention to observe them in advance. No matter how much we cover up or what methods we come up with, we can't change this situation." Arad's face showed a bit of fear.
"Isn't this normal?" Lynn said in surprise.
Arad paused, then almost jumped up. What on earth was normal about this?
“Have you forgotten? Time has no meaning for light, because its speed has reached its limit. Compared to you, time is still! This means that from the perspective of light itself, it can reach any place instantly…” Lin En said with a smile.
Because time stands still, it will definitely know whether it will be observed at the moment of emission, and thus determine whether it will collapse.
So there was no foreknowledge, everything was magical! Arad was stunned on the spot. Although Lin En had explained the principle that the speed of light was the highest and time was almost stagnant, he always felt that things seemed to be getting weirder.
If light has traveled the entire distance in an instant, then what is the moving beam they see? Isn't cause and effect reversed?
Thinking about what Lin En said about the meaninglessness of time, Arad suddenly fell into a daze.
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Jeffrey continued to ask, "What about electrons? Their speed is far slower than that of light. Time can't stand still, right?"
Lin En raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully, "If time is meaningless to light, then the distance in space is also meaningless to electrons!"
"As for why, you have to think about it yourself!" Lynn patted Jeffrey's shoulder and said encouragingly, without any intention of revealing the secret.
In fact, he himself had only touched a glimpse of the truth and was not 100% sure.
The probability cloud of a free electron can cover the entire universe and theoretically can reach anywhere instantly. It is just a matter of probability.
The reason why an electron in an element cannot do this is that it is tightly bound to the nucleus, and when it breaks away, it means that the range of its probability cloud will become extremely large, at least much larger than Jeffrey's laboratory.
The probability cloud of free electrons is also one of the few things that can exceed the speed of light. The reason is very simple. The maximum limit of the speed of light is only within four-dimensional space-time. If it is affected by higher dimensions, this may not be the case.
One example is that the speed of light will be significantly reduced under the gravitational influence of a massive star.
The reason is that light is forced to take a detour and no longer propagates in a straight line as they see!
Just like an ant, there is no way to walk directly to the other side of the hillside. It must first climb up the hill.
Although the ant's speed did not change from beginning to end, to a two-dimensional observer it appeared to have crossed the distance at an extremely slow speed.
Time has no meaning to light, and distance in space has no meaning to electrons... These two sentences lingered in Jeffrey's mind for a long time. He vaguely got a clue, but he didn't understand why.
"These are some experimental manuscripts summarized from my research on the theory of relativity. If you are interested, you can take a look!" Lin En took out the second half of the manuscript on the theory of relativity and handed it to Stern and others.
Lynn sincerely hopes that they can figure it out and overcome their fear of the microscopic world as soon as possible.
In this way, the Parliament's legendary mass production plan can be implemented.
About half an hour later, Jeffrey and others, who had used magic to print dozens of copies of the theory of relativity manuscripts, walked out of the manor.
When they came, everyone was full of confidence and wanted to refute this absurd argument, but when they left, they all frowned and fell into thinking about the conversion of time, space, mass and speed.
Lynn did not say goodbye because Dennis suddenly reported to them a good news that the first generation of supersonic fighter has been officially completed and can carry out its first test flight tomorrow!
"No wonder you rarely have time to come and argue with me." Lin En suddenly realized that Dennis was very busy before and didn't even have time to attend an academic seminar.
As for the test pilot of the new fighter plane, he has been decided. Naturally, it is Lydia who has rich flying experience! (PS: The most difficult theory of relativity is finally finished. I tried my best to make it easier to understand. In the future, science fiction theories will account for the majority. The plot will be the main focus, so it will not be so long.) (End of this chapter)
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