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Originally Posted by GigoloMason
1) As your velocity approaches the speed of light you move through time more slowly from the point of view of an observer.
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The part I don't get is how does one know this? How does one come to accept the statement as a given or truth. Was it first conceived from a mathematical proof or equation?
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Originally Posted by GigoloMason
2) As your velocity approaches the speed of light you shrink in the direction of the vector from the point of view of an observer.
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It's been years since I took Grade 12 Algebra & Geometry and when I did, I got a C+ grade in it, lol. Mind you, I was a slacker. I have no recollection of what a vector is and how to apply it here
If a vector is a straight line, I agree you shrink as you pass an observer. This happens when a car passes you and it gets smaller the further away it gets from you. I have no clue if that's how to interpret the statement. hehe
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Originally Posted by GigoloMason
3) As your velocity approaches the speed of light your mass increases.
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Ok I'll accept that. I still just don't grasp how that relates to time.