I am trying to get my mind around a very difficult subject. I am devising various mind experiments to help me understand it. So I thought I would pose my first mind experiment to see if anyone has some insights that might help me.
This is my limited understanding of this part of the theory that applies to this experiment. For an external observer, time slows down for an object that approaches a large mass. I also understand that experiments have validated this theory using atomic clocks. If the mass is large enough, such as a black hole, time will theoretically stop, or nearly stop. My mind experiment has to do with a larger macro type object, rather than the vibrations of the atoms in an atomic clock. For this mind experiment I am using a high speed, low friction gyroscope. If I understand the relationship between mass and time for an external observer, the gyroscope should slow down as it approaches a large mass and the rotations would return to normal speed when pulled away from the mass. If this is the case, where does the energy go when slowing down the gyroscope by approaching a mass, and where does the energy come from to return the rotations to original speed when pulled away? Steve W.
