Well, my own mental gymnastics says that at such a velocity, mass decreases to approach zero, and time slows towards zero as well, no?
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Mauro Lacy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Vorts, >> >> So, when I first heard about zero point energy years back, I assumed >> it was something I had already theorized myself when struggling with >> the concepts of relativity (which still bugs me, for the reasons I'm >> about to list) as I was mentally using the term Zero Point already. >> Imagine my dissapointment... >> >> >> Anyways, I'm a biologist and chemist more than a physicist, so PLEASE, >> correct me where I am wrong. As the velocity of an object increases, >> its apparent mass increases, and time slows, for that object, yes? >> And the time dilation and mass increase is "relative" to the velocity >> based upon the observer being a zero point. For 3 objects moving in a >> straight line in the same direction, one at .1 c, one at .2 c, one at >> .8 c, time dilation will be different for the .8 c object when vied by >> the other two objects, yes? because its traveling at .7 c compared to >> one, and .6 c compared to the other, correct? >> >> If that is the case, is there a zero point? is there an intrinsic >> velocity that pretty much EVERYTHING in the galaxy/universe shares? >> If so, what happens to mass and the flow of time as you approach that >> zero point? > > The "velocity of the vaccum". Does the vacuum moves? At which speed? And > in relation to what? the immobile vacuum? > Einstein's SR disregards all those questions as nonsense, or better said, > "metaphysics". Speeds are only to be measured between material bodies, and > not correlated against any absolute reference, because that absolute > reference cannot be measured or determined. > Does something that cannot be measured or determined exists? In which > sense, or "where", it exists? > >
