Explain to me like I’m 5. what’s the concept behind perspective in and from a moving object. Why do I appear stationary relative to the train and in motion towards objects outside of the train, as long if I don’t move inside of the train?
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Motion is relative. If you’re in a train, held to it by friction and gravity, then you will have no motion relative to it. The ground around you is moving at some speed relative to your train, which you are held to, and so it is moving at that speed relative to you.
Even if you jumped off the train, you are already moving at that speed relative to the ground and you will keep doing so until something stops you.
That whole stopping bit can be awfully painful.
You are standing in a rolling train. From your perspective, you’re not moving because you’re in the train, and it doesn’t move compared to you.
To a by stander, the train moves, and because you’re in it, you move too
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