Time dilatation thought experiment

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The forum discussion centers on a thought experiment involving two identical toy cars, one on Earth and the other on a spaceship traveling at 99% the speed of light. After one hour, the Earth-bound car travels 1 km, while the spaceship car experiences time dilation, resulting in less distance traveled when measured from Earth's reference frame. Participants confirm that the spaceship car travels approximately 1/7 km due to the effects of special relativity, emphasizing the importance of specifying the reference frame for measurements and the relativity of simultaneity.

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  • #31
@Ibix , that's accurate, an atomic clock, which measures energy-level transitions, will be out of sync when compared to a mechanical one, this is indeed what I am thinking. I didn't understand your statement initially, my mistake.

I do tend to see time as an abstract construct, which is more of the realm of a convention, as an aid, not an actual physical property woven in the fabric of the Universe like, let's say mass. I would rather see entropy rates being relative to different frame of references and contextual, taking place of what you are thinking time should be.
 
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This thread has reached the point of diminishing returns, as Physics Forums is here to help people understand how modern physics works, and th original poster neither understands nor is interested in understanding this.

The thread is closed.
 
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