My Theory Of Relativity
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 2:07 pm
I've always been fascinated by Physics. It's truly incredible how so many seemingly complicated physical aspects of the universe can be explained with such simple equations. In fact, this is one reason why physics is so difficult. Our minds are tuned to seeing a difficult problem and assume it needs a difficult solution. This fact cost me many "A"'s during my years in college. I always had an epiphany at the end of my physics courses but unfortunately too late to help me with my grade. Usually I would have a "C" going into my last two or three weeks of my physics course and then all of a sudden it would hit me...this is easy!! I would ace the last exam and final. Usually ending up with a B+. One professor was so impressed with my final, he threw out all of my previous exams and gave me an A. That only happened once though.
One subject I never had a lot of time to study was Einstein's Theory of Relativity. I was an Engineering Major not a Physics Major. So my theories below are merely "intuition". I can't prove any of it.
A general statement of physics makes the assumption that matter, including light, must travel at relative speeds to other matter. For instance, if there is a car coming at you at 30 MPH and you throw a ball at the car at 40 MPH the ball will feel like it is hitting the car at 70 MPH. (30 MPH + 40 MPH = 70 MPH). Light is the only phenomenon that does not obey this rule. For instance if a car is coming at you at 30 MPH and you shine a flash light at the car, the beam of light does not hit the car at (30MPH + Speed Of Light). The speed is exactly the Speed Of Light!!! It would be the same speed even if the car was not moving!!! In other words light does not obey Classical Mechanics that Newton described in his laws. Einstein explained this by saying space compresses when matter approaches the Speed Of Light. Because speed is defined by distance divided by time, the change in distance would make up for the disparity in the equation. In other words, if the Light has a longer distance to travel, the light is effectively going faster than the speed of light even though it isn't. Einstein's Theory is still a Theory and has not been 100% validated. All the evidence points to it being valid, but only if you take his assumptions into consideration.
I have another assumption.
When I was in college I found that whenever I encountered a physics problem, I could always solve it more easily by using a constant reference point. I believe God created light to travel at a constant speed regardless of the reference frame because God needed a reference to design everything else around. Scientists like to use this "space shortening" idea because observable results don't adhere to their preconceived notions of what the physical universe is supposed to look like. All observable results can just as easily be explained by making the claim God made light to travel the same speed regardless of the reference frame to more easily create the universe.
One subject I never had a lot of time to study was Einstein's Theory of Relativity. I was an Engineering Major not a Physics Major. So my theories below are merely "intuition". I can't prove any of it.
A general statement of physics makes the assumption that matter, including light, must travel at relative speeds to other matter. For instance, if there is a car coming at you at 30 MPH and you throw a ball at the car at 40 MPH the ball will feel like it is hitting the car at 70 MPH. (30 MPH + 40 MPH = 70 MPH). Light is the only phenomenon that does not obey this rule. For instance if a car is coming at you at 30 MPH and you shine a flash light at the car, the beam of light does not hit the car at (30MPH + Speed Of Light). The speed is exactly the Speed Of Light!!! It would be the same speed even if the car was not moving!!! In other words light does not obey Classical Mechanics that Newton described in his laws. Einstein explained this by saying space compresses when matter approaches the Speed Of Light. Because speed is defined by distance divided by time, the change in distance would make up for the disparity in the equation. In other words, if the Light has a longer distance to travel, the light is effectively going faster than the speed of light even though it isn't. Einstein's Theory is still a Theory and has not been 100% validated. All the evidence points to it being valid, but only if you take his assumptions into consideration.
I have another assumption.
When I was in college I found that whenever I encountered a physics problem, I could always solve it more easily by using a constant reference point. I believe God created light to travel at a constant speed regardless of the reference frame because God needed a reference to design everything else around. Scientists like to use this "space shortening" idea because observable results don't adhere to their preconceived notions of what the physical universe is supposed to look like. All observable results can just as easily be explained by making the claim God made light to travel the same speed regardless of the reference frame to more easily create the universe.