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tommydazzle said:

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this but it's always just eluded me as a phenomenon which can be explained in practical terms. If there are any physicists on here who know of a really clear explanation of how speed (and gravity) could mean that you could be younger than your own children etc.

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richnrg said:

the faster you go the younger you get. A good example is the walzers at the fun fair. If you go at a slow speed then you won't notice the difference, but if the gyppo spins your car around like a lunatic then you'll go back in time and shit yourself and puke everywhere like when you were a baby.

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tommydazzle said:

I suppose I should pay attention to the great philosopher, Clint Eastwood who said that a man's got to know his limitations.
I do like a challenge though and trying to understand difficult things like relativity, why tea tastes better if somebody else makes it, why Mrs Brown's Boys is prime time BBC comedy and why my dog's feet always smell of stale biscuits are all things that exercise my mind.

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Gazolba said:

I'm still trying to figure out where all my odd socks went. I now have a whole bag of mismatched socks. No matching one for them to be found anywhere. I wish some of these top scientists would devote a little time to solving this problem. My theory is they have passed into some kind of parallel universe which is full of socks.

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tommydazzle said:

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this but it's always just eluded me as a phenomenon which can be explained in practical terms. If there are any physicists on here who know of a really clear explanation of how speed (and gravity) could mean that you could be younger than your own children etc.

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tommydazzle said:

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this but it's always just eluded me as a phenomenon which can be explained in practical terms. If there are any physicists on here who know of a really clear explanation of how speed (and gravity) could mean that you could be younger than your own children etc.

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pastythegreat said:

It's because they went that fast in the final spin in the washing machine they went back in time to when they were just a strand of cotton

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Gazolba said:

I'm still trying to figure out where all my odd socks went. I now have a whole bag of mismatched socks. No matching one for them to be found anywhere. I wish some of these top scientists would devote a little time to solving this problem. My theory is they have passed into some kind of parallel universe which is full of socks.

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Johnnythespider said:

Do you know anybody with one leg ?

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tommydazzle said:

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this but it's always just eluded me as a phenomenon which can be explained in practical terms. If there are any physicists on here who know of a really clear explanation of how speed (and gravity) could mean that you could be younger than your own children etc.

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tommydazzle said:

So in layman's terms our fastest ever player - probably John Williams, is a little bit younger than he should be compared to our slowest ever player - insert name here......?

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Gazolba said:

I'm still trying to figure out where all my odd socks went. I now have a whole bag of mismatched socks. No matching one for them to be found anywhere. I wish some of these top scientists would devote a little time to solving this problem. My theory is they have passed into some kind of parallel universe which is full of socks.

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tommydazzle said:

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this but it's always just eluded me as a phenomenon which can be explained in practical terms. If there are any physicists on here who know of a really clear explanation of how speed (and gravity) could mean that you could be younger than your own children etc.

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