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That special relativity is only due to the concequence that nothing can travel faster than c.
Such that time dilation is only due to the fact that we cannot measure the 'proper' time due to there being absolutely no way to convey information faster than the speed of light, and so every person would see their clocks, their life as being exactly the same, and just the outside world looking in would have the delay. Same can be said about length contraction, as the matter is almost (and i only say almost, don't kill me) catching up to the light, we see a compression rather than an actual compression.
Even though the answer must surely be "Of course, that's special relativity", it seems to me that special relativity is given almost supernatural characteristics that seem to defy our world, of twins aging rapidly etc when it is actually merly an illusion.
Such that time dilation is only due to the fact that we cannot measure the 'proper' time due to there being absolutely no way to convey information faster than the speed of light, and so every person would see their clocks, their life as being exactly the same, and just the outside world looking in would have the delay. Same can be said about length contraction, as the matter is almost (and i only say almost, don't kill me) catching up to the light, we see a compression rather than an actual compression.
Even though the answer must surely be "Of course, that's special relativity", it seems to me that special relativity is given almost supernatural characteristics that seem to defy our world, of twins aging rapidly etc when it is actually merly an illusion.