Does time have a “normal” speed?

[Num7]

Here’s a thought I had the other day.

Time is relative to gravity. It means that in a place where gravity is stronger or weaker than our own, time will flow (or appear to flow) at a different pace.

To us, humans on Earth, we are used to Earth’s gravity and time. It’s the normal time speed for us. (What we may call 1x speed)

If we were to compare this speed to the rest of the universe, what would we notice? Are we indeed running at the normal speed? Is our 1x speed universal? Or are we slow?

Maybe what we consider 1x, is actually 0.1x and we’re sloths compared to the rest of the cosmos? Or the opposite?

Does it make sense?

 

[PaulaJedi]

Interesting. Would our brain adjust?

 

[Wind7]

I would think the answer would have a myriad of differing perceptions all based upon 'the norm' as we know it.

If there are different races of being from beyond our system and lets say a planet residing within
the "Goldilocks Zone" takes 48 hours to revolve for day/night, the gravity is much more than Earth's
And it took (based on our perception of time) 482 days to travel around the sun.

They might appear younger than a typical 30 yr old but might in fact be much older but based upon
their concept of what we call time. Would an alien race even call it Time?

Inevitably, we have no other real guide line in which to measure time than what we already have so,
it would all be normal to us.....Just not to a differing point of view.

This is one idea where, "Thinking outside the mind" truly fits.

Imo.

 

[MODAT7]

I've considered this before for some story ideas. Since an atomic clock uses high frequency vibrations (motion) of an atom, it makes a useful comparison. Normal time for humans is 9,192,631,770 ticks of a cesium-133 atomic clock per second. The strong gravity of a black hole produces a type of gravitational redshift (slowing) compared to a lesser gravity area (deep space). If you were orbiting a black hole close to the event horizon, gravity would be quite high and time would appear slower compared to deep space far away. However, from your perspective, one second would still be 9,192,631,770 ticks of a cesium-133 atomic clock, but those ticks would still be slower compared to deep space. From the near black hole perspective, the 9,192,631,770 ticks of a cesium-133 atomic clock in deep space would appear to be running much faster. From deep space looking at the atomic clock near the black hole, that atomic clock would appear to be running much slower. For the person in deep space, one second would still be 9,192,631,770 ticks of a cesium-133 atomic clock.

Technically, both atomic clocks are correct at 9,192,631,770 ticks per second. At the 2 relative points far away from each other, counting the difference in actual ticks vs theoretically correct ticks will give you a time flow rate change percentage.

Now the big question arises: Does the time flow rate really change with gravity? Is a Planck Tick really the same near a black hole vs. deep space? If so, that would indicate that time flow is the same around a black hole and something else is causing the apparent time rate variation. If time really does slow down with higher gravity, that would seem to indicate that temporal density has some direct correlation to gravitational density.

As a side note, the distance light travels in 1 second can be used as a measure of time. This seems backwards to most people. Gravitational lensing is seen around black holes and to a lesser degree around other objects. With the question above, is gravitational lensing really caused by gravity or is it a product of a time density change? or both? With time running apparently slower, the distance light travels in one second would appear to be less. Scientists have complained because when they try to accurately measure light speed, they keep getting variations when they "shouldn't". What if these variations are really a measurement of temporal variations?

There are still some unaccounted for minor variations in radioactive decay that I don't have a good explanation for. Moronal physics refuses to acknowledge them, but measurements show that they do exist.

 

[8thsinner]

Time has one time, the planck second...
The perception of it however, is entirely personal and a reflection of spiritual level of the soul incarnating.

 

[8thsinner]

What if these variations are really a measurement of temporal variations?

They get different measurements because they are different souls. Vibrating at different levels.
The more observers you put in the same room as the results, the flatter the variant curve will be. But individual measurements compared after the fact will be dramatically different.