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Old 04-14-2007, 11:45 AM  
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Originally Posted by smack View Post
doesn't that just mean that the speed doesn't change. just our perception of it changes?

time wouldn't be changing anywhere else in the universe. just our measurement of it.
Thats correct - but then that is exactly what the whole theory of relativity hinges on - our perception


Gator - see above - and sorry if you took "layperson" to mean something derogatory - wasnt meant that way - I used to teach nuclear physics and worked as a physicist for 20 years so I always used that term to differentiate between two ways of teaching
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