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Daniepie
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I'm just trying to develop a general understanding of the 'twin paradox', so my description of this is will be a bit poor.
I feel like I have a sound understanding so far on the topic, but the only thing that I can't seem to find an answer for is this scenario;
Say you have the classic twin paradox situation, what I don't understand is what causes the body to 'slow down' its aging process. So I understand that to the twin on the ground say 30 years pass, but their twin traveling returns to be 2 years older.
But why is it that to the traveler it only felt like two years and so they only aged two years? What is actually happening to the body during this time?
I feel like I have a sound understanding so far on the topic, but the only thing that I can't seem to find an answer for is this scenario;
Say you have the classic twin paradox situation, what I don't understand is what causes the body to 'slow down' its aging process. So I understand that to the twin on the ground say 30 years pass, but their twin traveling returns to be 2 years older.
But why is it that to the traveler it only felt like two years and so they only aged two years? What is actually happening to the body during this time?