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 #1 
Old 2008-10-17, 00:21
boostinkyboo boostinkyboo is offline
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Default The twin paradox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox if you don't know what I'm referring to


I don't really understand this. Why would acceleration and change of velocity effect the age of a person in relation to another?
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Old 2008-10-17, 00:47
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Shangri-La
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Relativity; the relevant principle being the faster you travel, the slower time goes.
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Old 2008-10-17, 08:11
lan_rogers_book lan_rogers_book is offline
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Default Re: The twin paradox

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Originally Posted by PirateJoe
Relativity; the relevant principle being the faster you travel, the slower time goes.


^Why?

Also I don't understand how this is a paradox, strange, interesting but probably not a paradox
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Old 2008-10-17, 13:13
Acolyte
 
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Default Re: The twin paradox

Don't forget to study up on Lorentz geometry before you begin these type of paradoxes.
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Old 2008-10-17, 22:00
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Default Re: The twin paradox

Check out the video, it tries to break down time travel and explain time in regards to relativity. Don't think of time as numbers and hours. Think of time on a grander scale. Time was here before the Earth and time will be here after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7vpw4AH8QQ
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Old 2008-10-31, 18:37
boostinkyboo boostinkyboo is offline
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Default Re: The twin paradox

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Originally Posted by ShoeBong
Check out the video, it tries to break down time travel and explain time in regards to relativity. Don't think of time as numbers and hours. Think of time on a grander scale. Time was here before the Earth and time will be here after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7vpw4AH8QQ


Thanks that was quite helpful
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Old 2008-11-02, 00:49
Chubigans Chubigans is offline
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Default Re: The twin paradox

Photon clocks don't exist, like in that video, right?
 
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