02-03-2011, 12:14 AM
(02-02-2011, 11:39 PM)James02 Wrote: Hmmm. It says the clocks ran FASTER, so they had to slow them down. But Einstein says time SLOWS DOWN when you go fast.
It doesn't have anything to do with going faster (that's Special Relativity). Clocks closer to a gravity well run slower (that's General Relativity). So if the clocks are farther away from the gravity of the earth, they are going to run faster.