Special Relativity and Paris Hilton
November 7, 2008 on 2:50 pm | In Physics, relativity |
Are you kidding me? Who ever thought that Paris Hilton and Albert Einstein would be in the same sentence, much less have things to say on the same topic?

And yet, here we are in 2008, and theweek.com reports the following:
Paris Hilton is worried about Einstein’s relativity theory. The hotel heiress is one of 157 people to have already paid a $200,000 deposit for a seat on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic commercial space-flight service, but this week confessed to being “very scared” that if the spaceship flies too fast, its passengers will experience relativity’s predicted distortion in the passage of time. “With the whole ‘light-years’ thing, what if I come back 10,000 years later and everyone I know is dead?” said Hilton. “I’ll be like, ‘Great. Now I have to start all over.’”
Want to know the amazing thing? Paris Hilton has nailed one of the most important concepts in all of physics! She’s right, when you move close to the speed of light, time slows down for you. If you go on a spaceship, travel close to the speed of light, and come back to Earth, you’ll only age a little bit, but people on Earth will age much more.
Let’s take a look at just how this works. The main idea is that light always moves at a constant speed. If I send you a light beam, it gets to you in a certain amount of time. But if we’re moving very quickly, that light beam is limited by the speed of light. We’ll see the same amount of time pass, but really, because everything is moving so quickly, time passes at a slower rate. Take a look at the illustration below, where the green side (on the left) is someone at rest, while the red side (on the right) is moving close to the speed of light.

See how it takes light more time to travel on the right? That’s what we mean when we say that it appears that time slows down when you move close to the speed of light. But there’s a caveat that Paris missed:
And this is the problem. While you can check out an online calculator about time dilation, the fact is that the puny spacecrafts that we build don’t move anywhere close to the speed of light. The best tests we’ve ever done show that time slows down, but for any Earth vehicles, the effects are, at most, a few seconds. So don’t sweat it, Paris, we’ll still know you when you come back.
But, if you want a little bit more in the way of details, check out this video…
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All the color has left Herr Professor Einstein’s face as he looks at little Pairee Hilton and contemplates “Mein Gott, das ist hot”. I sure hope he doen’t drop everything and forgets to write all of his annalis mirablis. Meanwhile, little Pairee Hilton, what beauty, what brains. When she goes for her space ride I want to hear her say “That’s hot!”
Comment by mark a. thomas — November 7, 2008 #
Pretty sure Marilyn had a better grasp of the details of SR.
Comment by Sili — November 8, 2008 #
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Kepler (demolish) Vs Einstein’s
Ending Einstein’s space jail of time in 2009 that led to fraud Symbol E=mc²
Areal velocity is constant: r² θ’ =h Kepler’s Law
h = 2π a b/T; b=a√ (1-ε²); a = mean distance value; ε = eccentricity
r² θ’= h = S² w’
S = r exp (ỉ wt); h = [r² Exp (2iwt)] w’=r²θ’
w’ = (θ’) exp [-2(i wt)]
w’= (h/r²) [cosine 2(wt) - ỉ sine 2(wt)] = (h/r²) [1- 2sine² (wt) - ỉ sin 2(wt)]
w’ = w’(x) + ỉ w’(y) ; w’(x) = (h/r²) [ 1- 2sine² (wt)]
Δ w’= w’(x) – (h/r²) = - 2(h/r²) sine² (wt) = - 2(h/r²) (v/c) ² v/c=sine wt
(h/ r²)(Perihelion/Periastron)= [2πa.a√ (1-ε²)]/Ta² (1-ε) ²= [2π√ (1-ε²)]/T (1-ε) ²
Δ w’ = [w’(x) – h/r²] = -4π {[√ (1-ε²)]/T (1-ε) ²} (v/c) ² radian per second
{x [180/π;degrees]x[100years=36526days;century]x[3600;seconds in degree]
Δ w” = (-720×36526x3600/T) {[√ (1-ε²]/(1-ε)²} (v/c)² seconds of arc per century
This Kepler’s Equation solves all the problems Einstein and all physicists could not solve
DI Her Binary starts systems
The circumference of an ellipse: 2πa (1 - ε²/4 + 3/16(ε²)²- –.) ≈ 2πa (1-ε²/4); R =a (1-ε²/4) v=√ [G m M / (m + M) a (1-ε²/4)] ≈ √ [GM/a (1-ε²/4)]; m<>Exp (ì w t) ———->> S=r Exp (ì wt) Nahhas’ Equation
Orbit——–>> Orbit light sensing——>> Visual Orbit; Exp = Exponential
Particle —->> light sensing of moving objects———— >> Wave
Newton———>>light sensing———->> Quantum
Quantum = Newton x Visual Effects
Quantum - Newton = Relativistic = Optical Illusions
E (Energy by definition) = mv²/2 = mc²/2; if v = c
m = mass; v= speed; c= light speed; w= angular velocity; t= time
S = r Exp (ì w t) = r [cos (wt) + ì sin (wt)] Visual effects
P = visual velocity = change of visual location
P = d S/d t = v Exp (ì w t) + ì w r Exp (ì w t)
= (v + ì w r) Exp (ì w t) = v (1 + ì) Exp (ì w t) = visual speed; v = wr
E (visual energy= what you see in lab) = m p²/2; replace v by p in E = mv²/2
= m p²/2 = m v²/2 (1 + ì) ² Exp (2ì wt)
= mv²/2 (2ì) [cosine (2wt) + ì sine (2wt)]
=ì mv² [1 - 2 sine² (wt) + 2 ì sine (wt) cosine (wt)];v = speed; c = light speed
wt = π/2
E (visual) = ìmv² (1 - 2 + 0)
E (visual) = -ì mc² ≡ mc² (absolute value;-ì = negative complex unit) If v = c
w t = π/4
E (visual) = imv² [1-1 +ỉ] =-mc²; v = c
wt =-π/4+ỉln2/2; 2ỉ wt=-ỉπ/2 - ln2
Exp (2i wt) = Exp [-ỉπ/2] Exp [ln(1/2)]=[-ỉ (1/2)]
E (visual) = imv² (-ỉ/2) =1/2mc² v = c
Conclusion: E = mc² is the visual Illusion of E = mc²/2 joenahhas1958@yahoo.com. All rights reserved.
PS: In case of E=mc² claims to be rest energy claims then
E=1/2m (m v + m’ r) ² = (1/2m) (m’ r) ²; v = 0
E = (1/2m) (mc) ²; m’ r =mc
E=mc²/2
Comment by Joe nahhas — January 28, 2009 #
Einstein’s Physics Dollar Store on Campus
MIT Harvard Cal-Tech
Sponsored by NASA
Why Relativity theory is not Physics and why Einstein’s “thought” = 0
Walking the walk and talking the talk taking on all space-time confusion of physics by
MIT Harvard and Cal-Tech and all other Physics dollar stores departments
And why LHC burned itself
Visual Effects and the confusions of “Modern” physics
r ——— Light sensing of moving objects ——- S
Actual object—– Light ——— Visual object
r - ——-cosine (wt) + i sine (wt) - S = r [cosine (wt) + i sine (wt)]
Newton– Kepler’s time visual effects — Time dependent Newton
Particle ————– Visual effects ——————– Wave
Line of Sight: r cosine wt
r ——————- r cosine (wt) line of sight light aberrations
A moving object with velocity v will be visualized by
light sensing through an angle (wt);w = constant and t= time
Also, sine wt = v/c; cosine wt = √ [1-sine² (wt) = √ [1-(v/c) ²]
A visual object moving with velocity v will be seen as S
S = r [cosine (wt) + i sine (wt)] = r Exp [i wt]; Exp = Exponential
S = r [√ [1-(v/c) ²] + ỉ (v/c)] = S x + i S y
S x = Visual along the line of sight = r [√ [1-(v/c) ²]
This Equation is special relativity length contraction formula
And it is just the visual effects caused by light aberrations of a
moving object along the line of sight.
In a right angled velocity triangle A B C: Angle A = wt; angle B = 90°; Angle C = 90° -wt
AB = hypotenuse = c; BC = opposite = v; CA= adjacent = c √ [1-(v/c) ²]
Comment by Alexander Nahhas — February 7, 2009 #
[…] We’ve talked before about how you can make time around you speed up. Go into a spaceship, travel close to the speed of light, and come back to where you started. When you land your spaceship, you will have aged “normally” for you, but everyone who remained on Earth (even your identical twin) will be much older. […]
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Okay, I’m not totally convinced by this explination. Why does the time dilation effect the space crafts aswell? Shouldn’t it mean the laser appears to go slower while the craft continues its speed from that particular perspective? Why should the laser effect the time of the crafts as well, the laser is moving completely seperate.
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Comment by Test — April 25, 2010 #
great post about paris hilton, I think she is actually quite smart, press wise. We have been compiling a list of official leaked videos of her. She sure knows out to create free press.
Comment by paris exposed — May 8, 2010 #