Must… Stop… Wasting… Time… Argh!
nxva said:
“Time is on my side”, so The Rolling Stones say. Lately, I’ve started to think if it was true after all in my case. So I started to think about some way to have more time for myself. Einstein’s theory of special relativity states that as you go very fast approaching the speed of light, you will experience time dilation, where from the stationary observer’s point of view, your time appears to be dilated. In other words, if you and the observer each have a clock, then the observer will see your clock to run slower than theirs. Now, of course, if I move close to the speed of light, then I will still perceive the passage of time as normal. In fact, by the time 1 hour has passed according to my clock, the world has experienced more than 1 hour. This is extremely undesirable and defeats the purpose of the attempt to gain more time. So, what can I do about it? Well, the answer is simple. I simply need to make the world move close to the speed of light! Of course, we immediately see a problem here. If the whole world moves while I stay still, then it’s no different from having the world stay still while I move, which leads to the same problem we’re trying to avoid. The solution is, of course, simple. To gain more time, all I need is to make myself the centre of the universe and make the world revolve around me!
… or I could stop procrastinating and get back to work. But that would be too easy, wouldn’t it!
Just like what I feel too!
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PS: And here’s a disclaimer from the same person:
Disclaimer: The post above was made with tongue-in-cheek. In reality, it is practically impossible to accelerate everyday object (lest the whole world) close to the speed of light. Moving objects in circular motion also conjures the centripetal force, which bring acceleration into play and is beyond the scope of special relativity. This is the realm of general relativity.