It Changed the Gravity, Dude!
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Earth's Gravity Changes
Okay so...
From what I have learned through my courses (2) on space/time/relativity, (one of them was specifically on the geometry of space) is that gravity is caused by massive bodies in space literally warping space and time. It has to do with measuring things on a sphere, and marking things with reference to a starting point (a reference frame), and marking things within TIME in that reference frame. A little bit of mental exhaustion will easily demonstrate to you how hard this stuff is to comprehend, let alone figure out mathematically.
The Quickest Breakdown of Relativity, Ever:
When deciding where to position things in space, whether in physicality or in time, we cannot choose one reference frame, ALL reference frames are equally valid. For instance, the way I view a ball bouncing on earth and the way a guy travelling in a rocketship views that same ball are going to differ. Although he will see the ball bounce much slower than I, our points of reference are equally valid, and both of our calculations to determine that object's position in space and time are right and must be both accepted and acknowledged. The ramifications fall out in what I believe are called K-Equations or K-Scale equations (I'll post an update later after I check out my books), which are to determine geometrical shape in space.
The main point in relation (pun not intended) to this article is that the earth has gravity because it takes up so much space that it warps the space and time around it, and everything falls downward towards earth, along those warping lines.
SO...
this article is saying that the earth has changed its shape (because of that earthquake) so that the shape it originally made in the universe has been altered, and the spots where the plates shifted now attract things differently. (Mind you, they don't attract things to it, it's that the shape has changed and thus, the warped lines are shaped differently.)
This is pretty nuts, but I'm surprised that they're immediately talking about gravity ramifications rather than shape ramifications. If our earth changes its shape enough that on a major scale it's enough to actually alter the way space and time are shaped around it, it must have changed enough to produce visible signs. I guess this could result in new mountain ranges or something similar, unfortunately for Kodak, the new mountains are at the bottom of the ocean.
...and people always tell me they'd rather deal with earthquakes than tornados and hurricanes.
(if you find anything wrong with the information I've provided here, please, please let me know)
Earth's Gravity Changes
Okay so...
From what I have learned through my courses (2) on space/time/relativity, (one of them was specifically on the geometry of space) is that gravity is caused by massive bodies in space literally warping space and time. It has to do with measuring things on a sphere, and marking things with reference to a starting point (a reference frame), and marking things within TIME in that reference frame. A little bit of mental exhaustion will easily demonstrate to you how hard this stuff is to comprehend, let alone figure out mathematically.
The Quickest Breakdown of Relativity, Ever:
When deciding where to position things in space, whether in physicality or in time, we cannot choose one reference frame, ALL reference frames are equally valid. For instance, the way I view a ball bouncing on earth and the way a guy travelling in a rocketship views that same ball are going to differ. Although he will see the ball bounce much slower than I, our points of reference are equally valid, and both of our calculations to determine that object's position in space and time are right and must be both accepted and acknowledged. The ramifications fall out in what I believe are called K-Equations or K-Scale equations (I'll post an update later after I check out my books), which are to determine geometrical shape in space.
The main point in relation (pun not intended) to this article is that the earth has gravity because it takes up so much space that it warps the space and time around it, and everything falls downward towards earth, along those warping lines.
SO...
this article is saying that the earth has changed its shape (because of that earthquake) so that the shape it originally made in the universe has been altered, and the spots where the plates shifted now attract things differently. (Mind you, they don't attract things to it, it's that the shape has changed and thus, the warped lines are shaped differently.)
This is pretty nuts, but I'm surprised that they're immediately talking about gravity ramifications rather than shape ramifications. If our earth changes its shape enough that on a major scale it's enough to actually alter the way space and time are shaped around it, it must have changed enough to produce visible signs. I guess this could result in new mountain ranges or something similar, unfortunately for Kodak, the new mountains are at the bottom of the ocean.
...and people always tell me they'd rather deal with earthquakes than tornados and hurricanes.
(if you find anything wrong with the information I've provided here, please, please let me know)
posted by Travis at 2:56 PM
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