Dennis' words have aroused widespread recognition among wizards, and many people have proposed their own methods of exceeding the speed of light, such as finding a reference object that moves fast enough, or more directly, shooting two lasers forward and backward.
"It seems that you haven't read my theory of relativity, otherwise you wouldn't have such an idea." Lin En sighed and interrupted everyone's discussion.
"You mean the relative formula between speed and time?" Anthony suddenly asked.
Unlike other wizards who couldn't help but start questioning after reading the first half of the paper, Anthony read all the manuscripts carefully based on his trust in Linn, but he also had more doubts than others.
The four relative formulas mentioned above were what shocked him the most. From these formulas, he saw the huge ambition of the magic star, which was to unify energy, mass, speed, and time and space to build a Completely different from their cognitive power theory!
"Not bad." Linn nodded, and then continued to explain. "The reason why we can't exceed the speed of light is that if the speed of an object changes, the time it takes will also change!"
According to the well-known speed formula, distance equals speed times time!
Now that the speed of light has become a constant value, the only thing that changes is time!
"Suppose there is a beam of light flying forward now. From the perspective of onlookers standing at different positions, its speed is 300,000 kilometers per second. If you are chasing the light at a speed of 150,000 kilometers per second, then compared with the speed at this moment, For the stationary bystander, the flow rate of time has been reduced to half of its original speed, so the speed of light is still 300,000 kilometers per second for you." Linn explained with an example.
"In other words, the faster we run, the slower time passes?" Steger frowned and asked rhetorically. "Then why don't we notice it at all when we are running? Even if we get on the train, the time will not 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 flow of time is not obvious..." Linn shrugged and answered comfortably.
This is undoubtedly a good explanation for why the speed of light is constant in the eyes of any observer, but time is mysterious and constant to most wizards, at least in the universe where they live, no one has a second. Will be longer or shorter than others.
But according to the theory of this magic star, the time of all people and even all matter is relative and chaotic.
"Since it is difficult to measure the time flow velocity change at low speed, how can we prove this?" Dennis asked confused.
"This is also easy to handle. According to the relative mass formula, speed and mass can be converted into each other, so there are also differences in time flow rates for large-mass objects!" Linn explained with a smile.
Dennis was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted and said in horror. "Could it be...gravity?!"
Only gravity can satisfy the characteristics that the greater the mass, the higher the intensity, and at the same time it exists on any substance!
"Yes, it's gravity!" Linn nodded. "Time and space are integrated and inseparable. Distortion in space will naturally cause changes in the flow rate of time."
"I have verified this." Linn took out a quartz clock and placed it on the table, and then spoke again.
"I tried to create the largest gravitational field within my own capabilities and put this quartz clock into it. Now the time it indicates is about 0.03 seconds slower than the outside world!"
Zero point and three seconds? Are you sure there's something wrong with the quartz clock? Steger had a weird look on his face and opened his mouth, but finally closed it, because it was impossible for the magic star not to consider such a simple question. He only needed to experiment a few more times to find out. It was impossible to do it every time. Something went wrong every time.
The quartz clock invented by Sean has now become an indispensable experimental tool for every wizard. This thing is accurate to one eighty thousandth of a second. It has been running for several months and has never failed!
Speakers such as Harrov and Anthony, as well as the few great wizards who came into contact with the time and space gate, couldn't help but think of foreign lands.
There is a seven-fold difference in time flow between the world outside the time and space gate and the Eternal Star where they are located. Does that mean that the world where the other party is located moves faster than them, so time passes more slowly? .
"Speaker Lynn, shouldn't space and time exist independently of each other?" Jeffrey asked doubtfully.
In his view, space is space and time is time, and the boundaries between the two are clearly defined.
If the two are related, then time is constantly passing, doesn’t it mean that space is also in constant motion?
"Jeffrey, what do you think time is?" Lynn asked instead.
Jeffrey frowned and thought for a while, unable to give an appropriate answer for a long time. The other wizards also began to think.
Linn didn't wait long before he took the initiative to explain. "In my opinion, time is actually the eternal movement of matter, the persistence of change, and the performance of sequence! There is nothing magical about it, it is just a term we created to conveniently describe the state of movement of matter!"
"You might as well imagine, if all the elements in this universe are stagnant, then what meaning does time have? Everything will be frozen in place, unable to move, let alone have the ability to think..."
Therefore, the so-called four-dimensional space-time universe can also be interpreted as a moving three-dimensional space universe!
"Since time is an abstract manifestation of the continuous movement of matter, of course the movement trajectory can be distorted!" Lin En looked at the wizards present and said solemnly.
"According to the equations of mass and gravity, combined with the formula of speed equivalent to mass in the theory of relativity, when the speed of an object reaches the speed of light, its time has stopped. This is why I dare to say that the speed of light cannot be exceeded!"
Lin En's voice was not loud, but when it reached the ears of every wizard, it was as shocking as a bell.
"Your theory of relativity will probably tear down the entire magic system and rebuild it." Harrov said with a sigh.
How unbelievable Harrov was when he received this manuscript before, how shocked he is now.
Although each of these theories sounds more contrary to common sense, just like what Lynn just said, they established magic to explain the laws of operation of things. No matter how weird, strange, and unreasonable a theory is, as long as it can If it accurately explains natural phenomena, then it is undoubtedly the truth!
Steger and others were also speechless in astonishment. They wanted to refute, but had to admit that the theory of relativity not only achieved a strange logical self-consistency, but also had beam deflection experiments and quartz clock gravity experiments as evidence.
Once the theory of relativity is confirmed to be correct, from now on, the concepts of space, time, speed and mass will need to be redefined!
When Lin En saw that the wizards present had all stopped and began to think about the issues of time, space and material movement, he turned to look at Jeffrey and asked curiously. "Master Jeffrey, I heard that you encountered some small troubles when you improved the double-slit interference experiment?"
"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." A look of horror appeared on Arad's face.
"Isn't this normal?" Lin En said in surprise.
Arad paused for a moment, then almost jumped up. How on earth is this normal?
"Have you forgotten? For light, time is meaningless, because its speed has reached the limit. Compared to you, time is at rest! This means that in the eyes of light itself, it reaches any place in an instant. Place..." Lin En said with a smile.
Because time stands still, it must know whether it will be observed at the moment of launch, thereby determining whether it will collapse.
So there is no prediction, everything is magical!
Arad was stunned on the spot. Although Linn had previously explained the principle that the speed of light was the highest so time almost stopped, he always felt that things were getting weirder.
If light has traveled the entire distance in an instant, then what is the traveling light beam they see?
Isn’t cause and effect reversed?
Thinking about what Lynn said about time being meaningless, Arad suddenly fell into a daze.
Jeffrey continued to ask. "What about electrons? Their speed is far slower than that of light. Time doesn't stand still, right?"
Linn raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully. "If time is meaningless to light, then distance in space is meaningless to electrons!"
"As for why, you have to think about it yourself!" Linn patted Jeffrey on the shoulder and said encouragingly, without intending to reveal the secret.
In fact, he himself only touched a hint of the truth and was not 100% sure.
A probability cloud of free electrons can cover the entire universe, and theoretically can reach anywhere instantly. It is just a matter of probability.
The reason why the electron in the element cannot do this is because it is tightly bound by the nucleus, and when it breaks away, this means that the range of its probability cloud will become extremely large, at least larger than Jeffrey's The laboratory is much larger.
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 the four-dimensional space-time. If it is affected by higher dimensions, it may not be possible.
One example is that under the gravitational influence of massive stars, the speed of light will be significantly reduced.
The reason is that the light is forced to take a detour and no longer travels in a straight line as they see!
Just like an ant, there is no way to walk directly to the opposite side of the hillside in a straight line. You must first climb the high slope.
Although the ant's speed has not changed from beginning to end, from the perspective of a two-dimensional observer, it has crossed that 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, and he vaguely had a clue, but he didn't understand why.
"These are some experimental manuscripts that I summarized from studying the theory of relativity. If you are interested, you can take a look!" Linn took out the second half of the manuscript of the theory of relativity and handed it to Steger and others.
Lynn sincerely hopes that they can figure it out and overcome their fear of the microscopic realm as soon as possible.
In this way, the parliament's mass production legend plan can be implemented.
About half an hour later, Jeffrey and others, who had used magic to print dozens of manuscripts of the theory of relativity, walked out of the manor.
When everyone came, they were full of confidence and wanted to refute this ridiculous argument, but when they left, everyone frowned and fell into thinking about space-time and mass-speed conversion.
Linn did not say goodbye, because Dennis suddenly reported good news to them. The first-generation supersonic fighter has been officially completed and will be ready for its first test flight tomorrow!
"No wonder you rarely have time to come over and argue with me." Linn suddenly realized that Dennis was very busy before and didn't even have time to attend academic seminars.
As for the test pilot of the new fighter jet, it is naturally Lydia who has rich flying experience!
(PS: I have finally finished writing the most difficult theory of relativity. I tried my best to make it easier to understand. In the future, science fiction theories will make up the majority and plot will be the main focus, so there won’t be such long articles.)
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