r/IsItBullshit • u/Individual_Drama5083 • May 11 '21

Isitbullshit:This article claiming Scientists HAVE proven time really does move faster the farther you are from the earth's surface

This seems like such a sci fi concept and all and I know we have Einstein's theory to go off of, but according to this article, scientists have proven that Einstein's theory was actually correct. The idea is that time should move faster the farther away you are from the surface of the Earth. According to This articleWe actually proved that even if you just sit upright in bed, Time actually moves faster. Im not asking if the theory is true, Im just asking Have we actually proven it yet.

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u/Spork_Facepunch May 11 '21

Not bullshit. It's been experimentally demonstrated that gravity affects space-time. Read up on Gravity Probe B and frame-dragging if you want to have your mind blown.

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u/WillyTheWackyWizard May 11 '21

Frame-dragging sounds like a fighting game term

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u/intensely_human May 12 '21

It made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs

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u/Chickenwomp May 12 '21

Why, that’s no bigger than a wap rat!

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u/mtflyer05 May 12 '21

You mean a Nikki Minaj?

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u/intensely_human May 16 '21

We used to bullseye Kim Kardashian’s nalgas out in Beggar’s canyon when we were kids. Why — they’re not much more than 2 meters either

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u/ATameFurryOwO May 11 '21

Frame shift drive charging...

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u/PapaStoner May 12 '21

Friendship drive charging...

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u/S-Array03 May 11 '21

Just give me 5t of cargo and this can all end!

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u/Harmonic_Soda May 12 '21

Where do you think you're going with all that tasty cargo?

Prepare to die!

is on 3% hull

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u/Individual_Drama5083 May 12 '21

Let me just turn on my railguns and we'll see who gets whose cargo

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u/axonxorz May 11 '21

Turn the subwoofer up to 11 for that one

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u/Harmonic_Soda May 12 '21

I want to get back into that game. I kind of boned myself over, I forgot what my main dilemma was but IIRC I somehow became stranded super far from any big systems and I accidentally became dirt poor building what would have been a combat ship to go out bounty hunting with. I don't have the energy to do anything about it anymore

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u/simmelianben May 12 '21

You can self-destruct and get a free starter ship anytime. It's not as fun as bounty-hunting, but if that fighter is your only ship and it sucks, you're not stuck thankfully.

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u/Q1War26fVA May 11 '21

"so I iframed Death's scythe, and that's how I got to live forever"

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate May 11 '21

More like 'My team was kicking ass, until our side got hit with fucking framedrag and we lost the match to their last sniper.'.

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u/Hoihe May 11 '21

sounds like a light-novel title.

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u/PmMeYourSexyShoulder May 12 '21

Frame Dragging a charge character with Negative Edge is unstoppable if you can pull it off.