High School Is there a frame where you die before you are born?

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In the context of Special Relativity, it is not possible for someone to die before they are born within any frame of reference. The cause-effect relationship remains intact due to the nature of time-like separations between events. Time dilation does not alter the sequence of events in a way that would allow for such a scenario. Only events with space-like separation can have their relative time order changed, but this does not apply to birth and death. Therefore, the concept of dying before being born is not feasible in any frame of reference.
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Just wondering, is there a frame of reference, among all of the different frames of reference, where someone dies before they are born?
Just wondering, is there a frame of reference, among all of the different frames of reference, where someone dies before they are born?
 
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No. The space-time "distortions" of Special Relativity time dilation are never enough to change any cause-effect relationship.
 
No. Those events have time-like separation. Only events with space-like separation may change thir relative time order depending on the frame.
 

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