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Here's an illustration, if it helps: http://imgur.com/YrlKW4Z http://imgur.com/YrlKW4Z The length of the red arrow is always the same. When your velocity is ze
by ramidarigaz 13y ago
Here's an illustration, if it helps: http://imgur.com/YrlKW4Z http://imgur.com/YrlKW4Z
The length of the red arrow is always the same. When your velocity is zero, your "time speed" is 1.0. As you begin to move faster, the arrow tilts towards the X axis, decreasing your "time speed".
- ars 13y agoIt's not a great way of describing it though. The biggest issue is that the interchange between speed and time is not linear. So that graph doesn't make sense as displayed. At a minimum you have to understand that the time scale on the side of the graph is not linear, but rather exponential. And graphs with exponential scales are not easy to understand. Making it worse is that there are other things that can slow down time - namely acceleration.
- ramidarigaz 13y agoOop. You're right. I overlooked that. I put about 2 minutes into the illustration and didn't think it over very much (I probably should have). I was mostly responding to TomGullen's confusion about the GP's statement, rather than trying to paint a super-accurate picture.
- ars 13y agoI wasn't really criticizing you as much as the concept of describing relativity as a tradeoff between the two. I don't think that helps enough to overcome the misunderstandings it can cause.