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| (...) As I understand it, the time dilation will occur for the occupant of the fast-moving ship, who will experience dilation relative to the stationery observer. The traveler won't notice the slowing of time, since everything in his frame of (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| (...) no, he's right, it's terrible. :) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| (...) laf. That's the paradox. I think we won't know until we try it. I've seen physicists get cross eyed thinking about it. Some say that _no_ time will pass at all! But again, this is what I remember from highschool, and my memory isn't that good (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| (...) Let me rephrase the question: If a man travels on a ship away from earth for 5 light years at .5c, then returns to earth at .5c, who will have aged 20 years, the occupant or his twin who stayed on earth? Jude (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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| (...) heh. depending who you ask. for the dude in the ship, the _world_ is moving at .5c, and so the world is aging slower. (btw, it's not a 1/x ratio, I think it's closer to a 1/x^2, but highschool was a long time ago...). For the people on earth, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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