I understand that, but even though in your own reference frame you appear stationary, if you are traveling close to the speed of light wouldn't you live a longer life? Even without a second observer wouldn't your body decay at a slower rate than somebody on Earth? So I would feel like I have...
Ok so I think I understand... but I have another question that may seem a little silly. Does this mean that if I were traveling at .99c, I would effectively age slow? I mean, I would have a clock with me that may tick for 1000 years and I feel the true length of that time (impossible for...
Ok so in this case, the person who ages slower is the person who experienced acceleration and then stopped or changed symmetry? If the person in the car stopped, he would have experienced a change in force or acceleration and if the person in the chair stopped along with the Earth they would...
Ok here is where I get a little confused. If the general theory of relativity states that either party (the person in the car or the person standing still) are right in both thinking they are still while everything around them is in motion, who in fact gets older? Couldn't the person in the...
Ok so now I have a new question. Let's say that someone on Earth drove at 60mph for 50 years (it's hypothetical) and somebody sat for 50 years... is it stupid to say that the person in the car would age slower at an extreamely small margin? Maybe .000000000000000001 seconds or something. Is...
Yeah I understand they are the same thing, it's just, like you said, I currently have a more "Newtonian" mindset. I think I understand... its kind of the same way that light is light, but may have different aspects like amplitude and wavelength. (Space and time) are aspects of "Space-time."...
So that is the big discovery by Einstein? That space and time are tightly knit?
It's just hard to believe that if someone traveled at the speed of light, turned around and came back, years would have passed for me when only minutes would have for him. And that is the foundation of the...
So this phenomenon has been verified? I know that special relativity has to do without gravity and is linear...right? And General relativity combines SR with gravity and different directions?
Therefore, it is true that spacetime exists?
They are inter-related?
Ok I have some general questions about Einstein's theory of relativity.
1) Is he asserting that the faster you move (the closer you get to the speed of light), the slower time moves from perspective of somebody in a slower state?
2) If this is indeed what he is saying, does it really mean that...