Going deeper into the "Illusion".....(?!)

Video: New Atomic Clock Reaches A 100 Quadrillionth Of A Second Accuracy.

A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has developed a new type of optical atomic clock that boasts a 100 quadrillionth of a second accuracy (one quadrillion has 15 zeros). The optical lattice clock is the brain child of Professor Katori who says his device observes a million atoms simultaneously whereas conventional atomic clocks measure time by using single atoms.

The Professor explains:

“(…) if one clock is placed one centimeter higher than another clock, the higher clock is affected by less gravity, so it goes faster. That difference could be read out in the 18th decimal place of the clocks in one second averaging time. Until now, clocks have been thought of as tools for sharing a common time. But with clocks like this, conversely, we can understand that time passes at different speeds, depending on the time and place a clock is at.”

When I first read this, I thought, my god (!) my present moment is getting shorter and shorter as it is, I don't have enough "time" as it is and..............but then I slapped myself on the side of the head and BINGO, simultaneous time returned for me :-)

But here's what the good Professor doesn't see. It's not gravity affecting time passing at different speeds but simply.....gravity affecting the internal mechanisms of measuring devices (otherwise known as "clocks".)