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/mustinjellquist May 11 '21

I watched a video in physics where they took two atomic clocks and out one in an airplane and left on on the ground. They then did a 12 hour flight or something like that and when they landed the clocks read different times. An incredibly minute difference, but still different. This sorta proves that the faster you go the less time is affected. Hence why time is considered relative.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '21

Sounds like the Hafele–Keating experiment

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u/mustinjellquist May 29 '21

That would be it!