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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by bmh100 on Saturday March 18, 2017 @07:10PM (#13903990)
Why does increased time dilation imply decreased precision? If we can precisely measure the energy deployed, can't we also precisely estimate time dilation and account for it?
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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by zaroth on Saturday March 18, 2017 @11:40PM (#13905027)
Now you've got two problems.
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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by M_Grey on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:44AM (#13907763)
Yes, but it's a well-defined problem with known solution. As complexity goes, it's not exactly the n-body problem in an exact numerical simulation.
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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by wayn3 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:26PM (#13908008)
do you mean that literally? overcoming laws of physics is a bit more difficult than calculating the n-body problem, to be honest.

edit: to make this clear, the solution to the n-body problem is known. its just not analytical.

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Re:As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy by M_Grey on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:23PM (#13908379)
This isn't a matter of "overcoming the laws of physics"... what's being conjectured in the article may or may not be a physical reality.
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