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It was my dumb attempt at demonstrating in a humorous way how everyday people unlearned in physics "understand" relativity. Pardon me. On a serious note tho, relativity says time would "stop" if we were to approach the speed of light (hypothetically), and for light itself, time doesn't exist...

Noob here. Sorry for the stupid question. I tried many times to understand relativity but it seems my brain is like a black hole; it absorbs but it doesn't shine off. Does this have anything to do with time passing slower when one does nothing and vice versa? For example, Tom and Sam are in...

Hehe, thanks. :D

Wow, Chris, thanks a lot for such a detailed response. That will definitely keep me busy for the next few years :smile: But that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks to other posters too. But to clear up my question, I've read that the reason scientists know that space (or spacetime) is...

I'm new to physics but very curious about it. I'm 18, and probably will also include physics as my second major in college. A topic that has always bothered me is the curvature of space. If space is curved, due to the planets and stars, then why don't the rays of the sun curve around the...