reply to post by gimme_some_truth
Time doesn't slow down, their observation rate speeds up. All objects involved age the same amount of time but, to the observer inside, they will see
things moving much slower. Time was made-up to meausre change. They see slower change if the human body attains the ability to interpret information
at that speed upon reaching it however, their one second occurs more often then the lower speed 1 second.
For every 1 second "real" time, 5 seconds or so would pass for the faster observer again, only if their observation rate is adapted to the speed at
which they are moving.
Einstein based all his time related findings on the speed of light and assumed that human observation would adapt to any speed they are moving so long
as it did not exceed the speed of light (at which point, you "observe" faster than anything that can be seen at our level). The faster something
moves, the relatively slower everything else is which could provide an illusion of less time passing however, I'll maintain that the time used for
traveling ages everyone and thing the same.
While the observer may feel like less change has happened for them, the ship they are traveling in can be observed from the outside to have aged 3
years as well as everyone else. If the outside of the ship is observed to have aged 3 years in normal time, then the inside of the ship must have as
well. If the inside of the ship has also aged 3 years normal time, then so has all its cargo.
If somehow one part of the ship or its cargo had less change happen to it compared to change that was observed that must have happened from the
outside, physical particles must have slowed down somewhere along the line. The physical partices are being accelerated more (having more energy) than
their outside companions so this hypothetical slow down seems illogical. Aside from having such a vehicle, we'll all have to just keep thinking about
it, so at this point, no one really knows how it could all work.
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