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Re: Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we experiencing time wrong because of time dilation?

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we 
> experiencing time wrong because of time dilation?
>> http://www.askamathematician.com/2015/02/q-since-the-earth-is-spinning-and-orbiting-and-whatnot-are-we-experiencing-time-wrong-because-of-time-dilation/
>> Physicist: A little!
>>
>> The movement of Earth, as well as the Earth?s gravity, change how
>> much time we experience compared to other objects in the universe.
>> If we were to occasionally compare our clocks to clocks in tight
>> orbits around black holes or neutron stars we?d find they run slower
>> than ours, and if we compare with clocks floating deep in the middle
>> of nowhere we?d find that we?d find that those clocks run a little
>> faster than ours.
>>
>> However, there?s no ?true? time to experience; you can never
>> experience time wrong.  Time is relative which means that we can
>> compare how time is passing for any two things, but there?s no
>> ultimate ?clock of the universe? to compare with.  Your watch, no
>> matter where you are or how you?re moving, will always read 1 second
>> per second.  That is, you?ll never see yourself in fast-forward or
>> slow-motion.  In that sense we can?t help but experience time
>> correctly.  Each of us may as well declare that our clock is the One
>> True Clock, and everyone else?s is wrong.
> 
> 
> 
>> To escape the Earth from the ground you need 11 km/s.  More difficult
>> is escaping the Sun (from Earth?s orbit) which requires 42 km/s.  To
>> leave our galaxy (from here) you need somewhere between 500 and 600
>> km/s.  This time dilation from the Milky Way?s gravity has the
>> biggest effect of those mentioned here.
>>
>> The spinning of the Earth and the orbiting of the Sun do affect the
>> amount of time you experience, but not by a lot.  Despite being
>> closer to the Earth than the bulk of the galaxy, it?s our orbits
>> around, and position in, our galaxy that affects our experience of
>> time the most.

What a puerile title.
 

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Jim Pennino

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Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we experiencing time wrong because of time dilation? Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 08:46 -0600
  Re: Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we experiencing time wrong because of time dilation? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-01-12 11:33 -0600
  Re: Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we experiencing time wrong because of time dilation? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-12 18:32 +0000
  Re: Since the Earth is spinning and orbiting and whatnot, are we experiencing time wrong because of time dilation? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-01-12 12:58 -0800

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