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Re: Relativity question

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gnalan wrote: 07 Dec 2020, 05:31
abscate wrote: 07 Dec 2020, 04:19 Here is the part that most struggle with in relativity

At slow speeds like an R with an automatic time and space are nice and cleanly separated so the concept of velocity, which is space/ time is also clean.

As you approach T5 speeds, commonly called c, the speed of light, this is no longer the case, and space time blur.

So, asking “ how long something takes?” Is complicated by the fact that time is no longer easily measured.
Does that mean if you drive fast enough for space and time to blur that you can continue to add distance traveled while at the same time watch the odometer slow down and possibly start to turn backwards? :shock:
Only in a T5.
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