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rorqual ([personal profile] rorqual) wrote2008-07-19 08:33 pm

Science!

It's a well-known fact that if you fly backwards in time on your birthday, you actually lose a year rather than gain one. Totally true.

Hello Baltimore. You are green and smell like cookout.

[identity profile] elengul.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Could you link the paper where they show that to be true?

[identity profile] rorqual.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it was C. Yang and Michael Ellis, "Einstein's Birthday: The Time Zone/Time Travel Paradox". You should be able to find it on JSTOR....:)

[identity profile] elengul.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I see.

So, by enacting this methodology this year, you're 28 now instead of 30? :-D

Happy birthday!

[identity profile] ex-domestic.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
welcome home :) And Happy Birthday :)

[identity profile] rorqual.livejournal.com 2008-07-20 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, and thank you. :) What's the first thing I did today? Put on my skimpiest summer dress and went to the mall. I love America. :)