The idea that travelling at the speed of lìght makes one age at a different rate to those of their home planet.

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I need someone to make sense of it for me. I appreciate the clock scenario where it stays at 12 o’clock if you move away from it at the speed of lìght, but regardless of how fast someone travels, their body will still age just as fast as anyone else (roughly). I don’t understand how just putting distance between someone’s self and the rest of Earth would somehow make them age at a slower rate? You’re aging, just further away..

Hope this makes sense!

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Also to clarify, distance doesn’t matter.
I could move at near the speed of light round and round in circles right next to the earth and a lot more time would pass on earth than for me, from my relative perspective.

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