At the request of LooseCannon, I present to you.....
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Crackpot Theory!
Imagine an object moving between two points. The normal view is that the object occupies each and every position on its path until it reaches its destination. But the number of possible positions between any two points is infinite. Does it make sense that an object could occupy infinite positions in space in a finite period of time?
Let's say no, or else my crackpot theory falls apart.
Under my crackpot theory, objects actually disappear and then reappear along their path. They only seem to move because it happens so quickly. Slow objects pop into existence slightly ahead of their last position. Fast objects pop into existence far ahead of where they were last; that's what makes them seem fast. So for any given distance, the fast-moving objects pop into existence fewer times along the path, like a long-legged runner who needs fewer strides.
A fast-traveling clock, for example, would have less time in existence to tick. If you could see it whizzing past you, it would appear slow.
Obviously all of this popping in and out of existence would have to be happening so fast we can't notice or measure it.
It might seem impossible that objects pop in and out of existence. But physicists know that's exactly what happens in the super-tiny quantum world. Matter jumps in and out of existence continually. Although large objects don't play by the same rules as the quantum world, the squirrelliness of the tiny world makes you question what you really know about anything.
As with most of my theories, this one doesn't hold up to close scrutiny, but it's surprisingly resilient to casual criticism.
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Crackpot Theory!
Imagine an object moving between two points. The normal view is that the object occupies each and every position on its path until it reaches its destination. But the number of possible positions between any two points is infinite. Does it make sense that an object could occupy infinite positions in space in a finite period of time?
Let's say no, or else my crackpot theory falls apart.
Under my crackpot theory, objects actually disappear and then reappear along their path. They only seem to move because it happens so quickly. Slow objects pop into existence slightly ahead of their last position. Fast objects pop into existence far ahead of where they were last; that's what makes them seem fast. So for any given distance, the fast-moving objects pop into existence fewer times along the path, like a long-legged runner who needs fewer strides.
A fast-traveling clock, for example, would have less time in existence to tick. If you could see it whizzing past you, it would appear slow.
Obviously all of this popping in and out of existence would have to be happening so fast we can't notice or measure it.
It might seem impossible that objects pop in and out of existence. But physicists know that's exactly what happens in the super-tiny quantum world. Matter jumps in and out of existence continually. Although large objects don't play by the same rules as the quantum world, the squirrelliness of the tiny world makes you question what you really know about anything.
As with most of my theories, this one doesn't hold up to close scrutiny, but it's surprisingly resilient to casual criticism.
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