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[tommydazzle]

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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[Otis]

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.

I just decided to enjoy life instead.

 

[richnrg]

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.
QED

 

[Otis]

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.

Yeah, that's it in a nutshell.

 

[tommydazzle]

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......?

 

[tommydazzle]

I just decided to enjoy life instead.

Yes they say ignorance is bliss :happy:

 

[tommydazzle]

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.

 

[Otis]

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.

Mrs Brown's Boys is too dumbed down even for me.

 

[tommydazzle]

Top British comedy apparently.....

 

[Gazolba]

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.

 

[pastythegreat]

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.

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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[clint van damme]

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.

watch hot tub time machine. It explains it all in laymans terms.

 

[Johnnythespider]

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.[/QUOTE]
I think you've got the wrong theory, this would be the theory of relatives.
I always find that when I work faster the time passes quicker, and when I work slower the day drags, thus I have decided that Einstein never did a days work in his life and is therefore talking bollocks.

 

[Captain Dart]

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.

Its all relative mate.

 

[Captain Dart]

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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[Johnnythespider]

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.

Do you know anybody with one leg ?

 

[Otis]

Do you know anybody with one leg ?

Yeah, Leigh Jenkinson.

 

[Gazolba]

I had a break-through today in the missing sock enigma. I was doing some tidying up in a corner of my daughter's room that has not been disturbed in years, when what did I come across but a SECOND BAG OF MISMATCHED SOCKS. Now I either never knew or have forgotten about this other bag. So now I just need to find the other bag of mismatched socks and start matching up with the new bag (or old bag). Of course, I'm still expecting some socks not to match up and I will be saving these socks in a new ultra-mismatched socks bag.

 

[Diogenes]

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.

I am currently obsessing over time travel fiction and time dilation comes up a lot.

I get it (pretty much) but find it very hard to put into words to explain to someone else.

Does anyone have a low IQ explanation that puts it in pure grug terms?

 

[shepardo01]

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......?

David Bell.
Well, we thought he was dead at one point didn't we ....
(Famous song)

 

[Bigal007]

If you shine a light forward from a stationary train then the light travels at the speed of light, approx 300k per sec. if the train then moves forward then the light moves at the speed of light plus whatever the speed the train is moving at, right ? no wrong, the speed of light is fixed so what gives. Time slows down which means the speed of light does not change, I hope this helps

 

[rob9872]

In layman's terms:

Basically EMC = PROMOTION

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Theory of relativity
E=mc squared
E is energy m is mass c is the speed of light

in layman’s terms energy is proportional to mass

As energy increases mass increases proportionally

It holds the universe together but practically it makes no difference to us

from my 17 year old son who’s doing a level but they haven’t done this yet just his research

 

[Sbarcher]

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.

Just buy black socks. Unless you wear shorts the length doesn’t matter.

 

[Houchens Head]

I went out wearing one red sock and one yellow sock. My mate pointed this out to me and I said, "I know but I don't understand it. I found another pair in my sock drawer, exactly the same!"

 

[Domo]

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.

this is always very helpful