Re: BRIAN GREENE: THE SILLIEST EINSTEINIAN

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From: hhc314
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:40

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On Feb 29, 3:00 am, Pentcho Valev <pva...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/02/28/brian-greene-time-oped-time...
> Brian Greene: "By 1915, with his "General Theory of Relativity,"
> Einstein took these realizations one step further, concluding that
> something similar happens in a gravitational field. He figured out
> that the stronger the gravity you experience, the slower time elapses.
> After synchronizing our watches, were I to stay in the lobby of the
> Empire State Building while you went sightseeing on the observation
> deck, I would experience stronger gravity (being closer to Earth) and
> according to Einstein, when we rejoin, my watch would be behind yours.
> The effect would be incredibly small, since the difference in gravity
> you and I would experience is trifling."
>
> Silly Brian does not even understand that the idiocy called
> "gravitational time dilation", as defined by his cleverer brothers,
> depends on the GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL difference between "you and
> me", not on "the difference in gravity you and I would experience".
>
> Pentcho Valev
> pva...@yahoo.com

Silly Pentcho does not grasp the meaning of Gravitational Gradient,
and how it is employed by real scientists.

1 Point for Greene
0 Points for Pentcho

Harry C.

p.s., Pentcho, if you are a physics student, you would be well advised
to spend more time on studying the subject and less time pontificating
on the Internet.

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