Anonymous
6/30/2025, 7:06:01 AM No.16710852
Could you age a little girl up if you took her to the North Pole and spun her around through all the time zones to add days to her life?
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Anonymous
6/30/2025, 7:07:44 AM No.16710854
>>16710852 (OP)
Yes, she'd age at a rate that's roughly 1 second per second
Yes, she'd age at a rate that's roughly 1 second per second
Anonymous
6/30/2025, 8:33:52 AM No.16710877
>>16710852 (OP)
Keep questioning brother, you are drawing closer and closer to discovering cubic wisdom.
Keep questioning brother, you are drawing closer and closer to discovering cubic wisdom.
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:22:56 PM No.16712499
>>16710852 (OP)
Of course. Last Summer I took my little sister to the North Pole and built her one of those playground merry-go-rounds to ride on. Now she's my older sister.
[spoiler]Actual answer: Of course not. Time zones are completely arbitrary. Time wouldn't be slowing down nor speeding up for her in any significant degree. In the more likely scenario that you meant she'd move forward in calendar days, then I'm pretty sure the clock would just reset at the start of the current day at Greenwich Mean Time instead. Either way, your age is legally defined by solar years, not calendar years, so no country would consider a 9-year-old girl 40 for taking a spin on the North Pole carousel.[/spoiler]
Of course. Last Summer I took my little sister to the North Pole and built her one of those playground merry-go-rounds to ride on. Now she's my older sister.
[spoiler]Actual answer: Of course not. Time zones are completely arbitrary. Time wouldn't be slowing down nor speeding up for her in any significant degree. In the more likely scenario that you meant she'd move forward in calendar days, then I'm pretty sure the clock would just reset at the start of the current day at Greenwich Mean Time instead. Either way, your age is legally defined by solar years, not calendar years, so no country would consider a 9-year-old girl 40 for taking a spin on the North Pole carousel.[/spoiler]
Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:28:51 PM No.16712504
>>16710852 (OP)
Timezones have no physical impact on either proper or coordinate time.
Timezones have no physical impact on either proper or coordinate time.
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Anonymous
7/1/2025, 5:34:25 PM No.16712510
>>16710852 (OP)
She'd age very slightly less because of the speed.
She'd age very slightly less because of the speed.
Anonymous
7/2/2025, 12:19:37 PM No.16713464
>>16712504
But I was told that time dilation is real.
But I was told that time dilation is real.