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To: Simon Green
"...a distortion in the fabric of space and time."

Distorting space, possibly. A better phrase would be visual distortion.
Distorting time? Impossible.

10 posted on 04/09/2018 7:25:52 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: rjsimmon

...Distorting time? Impossible.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-time

...in a relativistic universe, time cannot be separated from the three dimensions of space. This is because the observed rate at which time passes depends on an object’s velocity relative to the observer. Also, the strength of any gravitational field slows the passage of time for an object as seen by an observer outside the field.


14 posted on 04/09/2018 7:30:46 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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Time distortion is not only possible, it’s necessary. Space and time are interlinked at the cosmological level, and distortion of one distorts the other. At very high speeds, time distorts significantly (passes slower). At high spatial distortions, the same thing happens, such as at the event horizon of a black hole.


17 posted on 04/09/2018 7:45:34 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: rjsimmon
Distorting time? Impossible.

Have you ever tried it?

Regards,

21 posted on 04/09/2018 7:59:27 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Time distortions are fact. Even the GPS/ Navstar constellation accounts for it.


22 posted on 04/09/2018 8:02:32 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republiverycans took their slaves away.)
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I’ve often distorted time when my wife would ask why I was out so late.


23 posted on 04/09/2018 8:08:26 AM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: rjsimmon

If you claim distorting time is impossible, then please point to your peer reviewed paper proving that claim.


30 posted on 04/09/2018 9:03:44 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republiverycans took their slaves away.)
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To: rjsimmon

Time is relative. And so is distortion.


33 posted on 04/09/2018 9:35:43 AM PDT by deadrock
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To: rjsimmon
A better phrase would be visual distortion.

True. More precisely it would be a distortion of EM waves, of which visual 'light' is.

Distorting space, possibly.

I don't think you can distort space, as space is the absence of matter. You can't distort that which has no shape or form.

Distorting time? Impossible.

If you accept Einstein's theory, then time can be 'distorted'. Of course, it is only distorted (according to an earlier post) to the OBSERVER and not the OBSERVED. Which would mean It WAS distorted and AT THE SAME TIME was NOT DISTORTED.

Kinda like Quantum Theory. It is and it is not.

39 posted on 04/09/2018 2:34:15 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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