🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 09 Dec 1996 08:45:10 -0600, bna...@ipa.net (Brian H. Napier)
wrote:

>
>   A word about time dilation.  There is only a time dialation
>during acceleration.  Time flows more slowly the higher the
>acceleration is.  This can/has been tested on Earth.  The
>Gravity we feel is acceleration. We are acceleratiog towards the
>center of the Earth at a rate of 9.8 m/sec.  This changes with 
>altitude.  The closer to the center the higher the acceleration.
>So, time travels more slowly at sea level than it does at
>10,000 meters. (Note: this is a very small amount).  
>
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maybe its just me, but i always thought that acceleration meant the
change in one's speed and/or direction, therefore if i am sitting in
this chair, the only acceleration i am doing is due to the earth
spinning and orbiting the sun. since my speed toward the center of the
earth is zero, and does not change unless i fall out of the chair
(which has been known to happen), so whether i am at sea level or
10000 meters, as long as i am not going up or down, acceleration
towards the center of the earth is always zero.

again, maybe its just me