By Ray Chang
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Welcome to the humble confines of Physics 101 earthlings. My name is Professor Copernicus, and I will be teaching all of you about the wonderful floating rock we live on and further beyond. Although there have been many scandalous and rather preposterous claims regarding my research with the heliocentric model, it is my duty as a scholar to continue advancing in the realm of scientific research for the benefit of humanity. Rest assured that the heliocentric scandals are all propaganda, and all of the content covered in this course r is one billion percent trustworthy.
A foundational concept that everyone taking Physics 101 should understand by day one is time relativity, specifically Einstein’s theory of relativity. As the name implies, the concept of time relativity describes the varying effects of time on random things in the universe. Let’s look at an example of time relativity unraveling in daily life. Assume that two students, A and B, are currently studying for a final they have the next day. Student A decides to wrap up his studying early in the evening to ensure a good night’s rest for tomorrow. However, student B resolves to stay up the entire night cramming for the final. Now, both students will experience the light of the morning sun, but only student B can actually perceive the transition from night to day. Initially, it may seem that student A should actually perceive the change in time more vividly because his cognitive function has been enhanced by a good night’s rest, but this is where the paradox of time relativity comes into play. The paradox of time relativity will always result in student B perceiving the transition from night to day more coherently because he has been awake the whole time. It’s really an abstract concept applied to simple concepts. The reason why time relativity is often dubbed as Einstein’s theory of relativity is that Einstein’s apparition will always appear in any phenomena in which an object loses contact with the physical world, hence why student A in our case study is unable to accurately perceive time after sleeping. Maybe tonight you’ll think twice about sleeping at morbid hours. I’ve heard Einstein’s ghost is like a super chill guy.
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