In reply to Jürg Wyttenbach's message of Tue, 14 Apr 2020 01:18:59 +0200: Hi, [snip] >Te best atomic clocks are sensitive to 10cm difference in altitude. > >But there is one open point: Is only the Rb/Cs crystal oscillating a bit >slower/faster or is the electronics measuring slower/faster - or both? >This, may be, could be tested by changing the crystal only.
...or neither. Maybe Einstein is correct, and time actually flows at different speeds at different altitudes. ;) > >Of course Leibniz is correct and interesting to see that he knew this a >long time before we could mathematically prove it. > >The basic elements of nature are 99.99999999% stable/static and only >small oscillations form our world. Only this tiny fraction believes that >there must be time because live is below 0.15eV compared to one proton >mass of 938MeV... The proton feels no time except you start to >accelerate it to very high speed ... This is not clear. What do you mean by "Only this tiny fraction believes"? (Only sentient beings can believe, not eV's.) BTW the limit can't be 0.15 eV, or chemical reactions that result in a change of multiple eV would also not be time sensitive, whereas they clearly are. (Consider the application of chemical catalysts.) [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
