Space and Time

Returning to our astronaut in space, we now have an explanation for why he has slowed down in all his actions due to the addition of neutrinos to his environment.

Every bit of inertial matter grew in size, so the time it takes for a photon to cross the void inside an electron has increased. The astronaut's time quantum has grown longer in direct proportion to the change in size.

Bigger electrons yield slower time

A consequence of this is that the speed of light is unchanged for the astronaut. His ruler is longer, but so is his time quantum.

Compared to the outside observers, the astronaut has slowed down. However, the astronaut is as oblivious to any change in time as he is to any change in distance. To him, everything remains constant.

Having played around with neutrinos, we continue our experiments with the astronaut by adding zero-point photons to his space. We do this by drenching everything including the box with a liberal supply of photons.

What happens now is that the photons reduce the density of neutrinos. The photons compete with the neutrinos for space. They cannot both occupy the same space, so the neutrinos have to leave as we turn up the supply of photons.

The electric force weakens as a consequence. Since photons are unaffected by charge, they do not behave the same way as neutrinos in the charged environment inside electrons and atomic nuclei.

Neutrinos tend to stay inside places where walls are equally charged. Neutrinos produce over-pressure inside electrons and atomic nuclei. This is how they communicate the electric force. Photons don't do this. They have no preference for being inside or outside atomic nuclei.

The loss of electric force is therefore not compensated by the addition of photons. Things become smaller, and time speeds up.

Smaller electrons yield faster time

The astronaut cannot detect any change in the electric force, because it's tied up to the size of things. Likewise, there is no way for the astronaut to detect any change in the magnetic force.

With more photons and fewer neutrinos, the outside observers notice that magnets in the astronaut's possession become more efficient. They smack together faster when they attract and they move apart faster when they repel.

However, this too is only noticeable from the outside. The astronaut's time is speeding up in proportion to the increase in magnetic efficiency. The only difference that is not subject to the observers' frame of reference is the supply of neutrinos and photons. Everything else remains constant for the astronaut, while it changes as seen from the outside.