There's a paradox so long as you're still thinking time is some sort of constant and not just another compressible dimension like the others. Its hard to do thi

There's a paradox so long as you're still thinking time is some sort of constant and not just another compressible dimension like the others. Its hard to do this at first. Most people end up with a half-muddled "time 'goes slower' when" without fully getting the implications of time contracting as well. The ladder "paradox" is designed to illustrate this to beginners.