new clock TOO ACCURATE
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or, alternatively: time isn't what you think it is I mean:
<p>This new clock can sense the pace of time speeding up as it moves inch by inch away from the earth&;s core.</p>
<p>That&;s a problem, because to actually use time, you need different clocks to agree on the time. Think about it: If I say, &;let&;s meet at 3:30,&; we use our watches. But imagine a world in which your watch starts to tick faster, because you&;re working on the floor above me. Your 3:30 happens earlier than mine, and we miss our appointment.</p>
<p>This clock works like that. Tiny shifts in the earth&;s crust can throw it off, even when it&;s sitting still. Even if two of them are synchronized, their different rates of ticking mean they will soon be out of synch. They will never agree.
posting this 50/50 because it's cool, and also for any Night Vale fans who know why I started shouting at my roommate that it's the one true timepiece holy shit
but also wow just. holy crap that's just really cool, you can literally pick up this clock and it can demonstrate how time is moving differently between just those few inches like... what... WHAT
he/him "that which does not kill you only wants to watch you suffer a while longer." · goatlings · flightrising ·
HOLY FUCKNOODLES THIS IS MIND BLOWING.
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Oh wow, that's really cool! I wouldn't have thought there'd be a difference in time across relatively small distances; I thought it only happened when close to something with a ton of gravity, like a black hole. :o
Whoa, this is fantastic! The implications are incredible...
I also adore the last two lines of this article:
<p>They just may not be able to tell us the time.
That's wonderful.
So people who are always late have heavier gravity in their brains.
