ajackson Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? I believe that may be the right answer' date=' I'm just unclear why it would be. What's unique about the wormhole?[/quote'] Nothing much. In general, if you have two events occurring outside of one another's light-cones, observers in different reference frames will disagree on the order in which those events occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? since simultaneity is relative to the observer, any observer not at rest relative to the wormhole will see the wormhole as a time machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? Yeah, I think I worked it out on the drive home. Because the wormhole loops space, the emission of the two beams of light is no longer simultaneous with itself. Weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? I love this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Re: Instantaneous Communications plus Time Dilation Equals ??? ... I think it would be healthier for you to turn to the , instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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