GabbyP

The Theory of Relativity seems to be one of the more befuddling of theories; it contains mostly physics, math, and even simple logic. I believe, however, there are too many variables to prove or disprove this theory.

This theory has many origins. Some considerations were taken when the MICHELSON–MORLEY EXPERIMENT was being done. Albert Michelson and Edward Morely set up experiments to detect changes in the Speed of Light. However their experiment did not run over to well, as their experiment only proved that the Earth could not be moving. Of course, Albert Einstein, the German with the crazy hair, decided to build on this experiment. Essentially, the theory was that time is not constant. The speed of light, however, is. There were many other theories along with this main idea. For instance, time is "in the eye of the beholder." I, for one, have very little understanding to either believing or disproving this theory. For this wiki, I will try and show evidence against this theory through logic and some cited sources.

Before I begin, let's state some principles: -Time is not constant. -The Speed of Light is constant. -Time frame is subjective to the observer. -The speed of light is independent of the motion of its source and will have the same value when measured by observers moving with constant velocity with respect to each other. Get it?

The Theory of Relativity says that time isn't a constant, right? Normally, this would be a very understandable hypothesis, but of course, isn't time always constant? Regardless of where we are, and how we are looking at it, time is always moving forward. I may be looking at a clock ticking from five feet away. My friend may be looking at the same clock from five feet away, a bit to the right of me. Of course it looks like the clock is moving at a different speed. However, regardless of how you may look at it, I do believe the clock will always be moving. It's almost like the famous question, "If a tree falls down in a forest, does it make a sound?" Well, of course it does. If you aren't looking a clock, is time still moving forward? Always.

In closing, I don't think we have enough super substantial evidence about time stopping. One easy solution is to travel forward in time...Of course, you can tell that such an experiment is a bit out of our budget at the moment. All we can do for now is use the equations that we do have, and go from there.

Works Cited

Haloulakos, V. E.. "RELATIVITY FOR THE LAYMAN." __Google__. 5 Feb. 2009 .

This page is more reliable, as it provides the information in, as the webpage states, in Layman's terms. Therefore, this would be more appropriate, as we are trying to explain the Theory of Relativity as we would to a Middle Schooler.

"NASA - Relativity." __NASA - Home__. 5 Feb. 2009 .

This page is reliable, as it is made by NASA. Who would know more about Space and Time than NASA?