Australopithecus Afarensis wrote:
Lorentz Transform is here to stay. However, can anybody explain time
dilation caused by gravity or acceleration? All explanations boil down to
speed change. Other than going through the math of general relativity,
there is no intuitive explanation.

Yes, there is. Inertia.

A lot of mass, like the universe, creates inertia.
This inertia makes objects harder to move.
Especially to move back and forth. Like the
escapement of a clock does. A clock is an
inertiameter. Look with Google for posts from
Hayek and inertia or inertiameter. I explained
from every possible angle.


I know the general relativity does explain the Mercury orbit, but by
applying Lorentz Transform to classical Newton's gravitational equation, you
can get the same result as well. Also, one success of general relativity is
to explain the bending of light around the sun and gravitational lens. That
is nice, but light also bends going from one material to another with
different index of refraction. Bending of light can be explained with
slower speed of light around the sun without introducing time dilation.

What would cause the light to slow down?

Inertial increase. Just as for mass. A mass or
energy in an higher inertial field would have more
energy. This cannot be because of energy
conservation, so it has to move slower.

A car 1000 kg moving at 10 km/h has so much
energy. Let this car move into a zone with double
inertia, so that its mass seems 2000kg. now it can
only move at 5 km/h or something needs to add
energy to it.


Hayek.