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i did quite a bit of googleing, but i can't find it in simple english, it always has words i don't understand or it just doesn't make sense

could someone xplain it to me so i could understand?

Theory of motion and energy developed by Albert Einstein in the 20th century.

edit: also look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity

lol, I think he wanted an actual explanation. Nice try though. (edit: oh you edited your post )


PS. I'm having a search at the moment to see if i can find anything reasonably understandable.

I believe it is:

When you go as fast as light you transform into light yourself

and

The faster you go the slower time goes



But I'm not sure

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Originally posted by Ezra
When you go as fast as light you transform into light yourself

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Never heard that

quote:

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Originally posted by Ezra
The faster you go the slower time goes

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i know that

Basically what Ezra said...

If you stand still, then time goes faster... Whereas, when you're travelling, the faster you're going, the slower time is going itself...

quote:

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Originally posted by Ezra
When you go as fast as light you transform into light yourself

and

The faster you go the slower time goes

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I think its:
It is impossible to go beond the speed of light because it would require an infinate amount of energy (or somthing like that).
and, speed is relative, for example a car is going 100mph down a road. The car is going 100mph in relitivity to the road, but the driver is going 0mph in relitivity to the car.
and it also covers "The faster you go the slower time goes".

But like Ezra im not sure

So that basicly means that interstellar spacetravel is not practical

Cause when you want to go to another galaxy you need to go VERY fast say 0.99 the speed of light (not 1 times cause then you transform into light ), But that causes the time to slow down for you, and thus from you perspective speed up time on earth, meaning when you come back, you aged not so much, but earth is centuries further

EDIT: also another thing I thougt about...

Speed is relative to the time it takes you to cover an amount of distance.

But because when you go very fast, time slows down, means it takes you the same time to cover a certain distance.

But again, that's something I thought would be the case, and not even sure if it's true
Let's call that "Ezra's theory of relativity "

You don't transform into light if you go the speed of light. (You'll turn yourself into a black hole though)

wasnt the theory of relativity that when you sit in a room with a hot chick an hour seems like a second and when you sit on a hot stove a second seems like an hour

im not sure though.