The theory is if you go near the speed of light then the time will move much slower than someone that is stationary but it is also stated that speed is relative, which seems to contradict this theory. To the person moving near speed of light in space will see the stationary person moving near the speed of light and vice versa, so how does time change happen between them?
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If you throw a ball on a plane, from your point of view the ball is traveling at less than 100mph. But observed from outside the plane, the ball is traveling at that speed plus the speed of the plane. Potentially 600 mph in total on a commercial airliner.
Speed is relative to your position. Time works the same way. Your watch is moving at 1 second per second from your point of view. But to somebody traveling much slower, your watch would appear to be moving much faster.
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