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> This is not really an accurate analogy sorry. Well of course, it's an analogy, it only needs to be roughly correct. The idea is simply to build a mental mode
by bArray 6y ago
> This is not really an accurate analogy sorry.
Well of course, it's an analogy, it only needs to be roughly correct. The idea is simply to build a mental model that many people can picture.
> It's best understood with the reflecting-mirror-as-clock
> thought experiment.
It's good, but not something that really resonates with people's first-hand experiences.
- Ono-Sendai 6y agoWell I don't think it's even roughly correct. Time is not friction or resistance.
- Ono-Sendai 6y agoTo add to my comment: If you really want to understand relativistic time dilation, you want to understand the bouncing-light mirror-clock experiment. It's even in the article. And it's not even an analogy, it's really why moving objects run slow. You can derive the exact special relativity time dilation factor from it.