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Old 09-06-2006, 09:01 AM
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Uh, you're completely missing the point of relativity: No particular observer has a better view of "reality" than any other. Standing back doesn't give you a better view.

Special relativity is very well supported by experiment (see here for a long list). For my money the best time dilation one is the study of cosmic ray muons. Basically, muons decay quickly and shouldn't live long enough to make it to Earth's surface. But because they are very fast moving the particles "internal clock" is slowed by time dilation, from our point of view. So they have enough time to make the journey throug the atmosphere and are observed down here.


Each moving observer really does have their own time. There is no "real" universal time. It's not a matter of perception!
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