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To: goldendelicious

On the plus side, he aged a few milliseconds less due to relativistic effects.


13 posted on 03/14/2018 5:30:18 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: rightwingcrazy

More, not less. Time slows down due to gravity.


18 posted on 03/14/2018 5:41:46 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: rightwingcrazy
he aged a few milliseconds less due to relativistic effects

Not only that, as I recall, longer telomeres mean a longer lifespan. A little bit is lost when genes split to form new cells or something like that. So longer is better. Interesting. I wonder if the tradeoff from increased cancer risk evens it out.

41 posted on 03/14/2018 6:33:39 PM PDT by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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