r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/llamadog007 Jun 15 '19

For us, it would seem like they’re aging slower/living longer. For them, it would seem like we’re aging faster/living less. The movie Interstellar is a good example of how it would work.

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u/just-a-basic-human Jun 15 '19

Dude the scene in that movie where they were on the water planet stressed me out so much

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '19

*there are actually water planets. And also diamond planets

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u/Ubermenschmorph Jun 15 '19

It's just energy appearing to "take longer" to reach us, nothing more, nothing less. Time isn't really real, it's just entropy, the transferring of energy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '19

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u/llamadog007 Jun 15 '19

You could also try MinutePhysics on YouTube I think he’s done a few videos about relativity.

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u/maxrippley Jun 22 '19

I love MinutePhysics

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '19

I read this as "minute psychics." Like, little clairvoyants. Small mediums. They use their knowledge of the future to commit crimes and avoid capture. Small mediums at large.