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Posted By: Darien, on host 207.10.37.2
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 1998, at 14:22:36
In Reply To: 10% the speed of light posted by Sam on Monday, October 5, 1998, at 21:11:22:

> Dave, you're the resident expert on space travel.
> (Unless there are any other authorities on the
> subject that would like to speak up.)

Well, I've often been told that I'm spaced out, if it's any help (not that I want to challenge Dave after reading his reply... I can do calculus, but I'm not very good at remembering equations) :-}

> Not that this has anything to do with the
> original discussion.

Relevance is for wimps, anyway. :-}

Now that that's done with, I need some help with my understanding of the theory of relativity (ToR for short from now on)... Specifically, does it not assume, then, that time is a physical force, akin to light and sound? In order for the velocity at which we travel to have any effect on time, would it not have to be some type of partcle and/or wave substance? Or is it not time itself that changes, but rather our perception of time? Or am I just spaced out?

dkd1

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