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jefals
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- Twist on twin paradox: Both travelers on earth.
An electron in my gold tooth travels somewhat over half the speed of light.
I don't know the math, but let's say I age 10 years for every 1 year for the electron.
Suppose we had a way where that electron could trigger a counter each time it "experienced" sunrise. (Let's don't get into how the electron could experience sunrise. Let's just say it could.)
After 10 of my years, we check the counter. Would it register 1 year worth of sunrises or 10?
10 years have gone by on Earth - for all us normal folks.
However, only 1 year for the electron, although it is also on earth.
If it registers 10 years of sunrises, doesn't that fly in the face of the statement that it should experience the passage of time normally? For it, 1 year has passed, yet 10 years of sunrises.
If it registers 1 year of sunrises, how is that possible since the sun will have risen 10 times that many times?
I don't know the math, but let's say I age 10 years for every 1 year for the electron.
Suppose we had a way where that electron could trigger a counter each time it "experienced" sunrise. (Let's don't get into how the electron could experience sunrise. Let's just say it could.)
After 10 of my years, we check the counter. Would it register 1 year worth of sunrises or 10?
10 years have gone by on Earth - for all us normal folks.
However, only 1 year for the electron, although it is also on earth.
If it registers 10 years of sunrises, doesn't that fly in the face of the statement that it should experience the passage of time normally? For it, 1 year has passed, yet 10 years of sunrises.
If it registers 1 year of sunrises, how is that possible since the sun will have risen 10 times that many times?