Can Standing Still Make Time Pass Faster Than the Speed of Light?

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Yeah, if you want to be able to beat up your twin (by eventually being much older than him), then you've got to send HIM on the trip, and YOU stay put.
 
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Mike_Fontenot said:
Yeah, if you want to be able to beat up your twin (by eventually being much older than him), then you've got to send HIM on the trip, and YOU stay put.

Lol! Great thinking! Thanks to all for the interesting info. So much to learn, and so little time. I need that trip worse than either twin!
 

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