I’m asking this because there is a scifi book I’m reading, and in the book there’s a scene where someone is communicating with a person in a spacecraft moving at lightspeed. I know their ability to communicate would probably not be possible, but let’s just put that aside for a second. Hypothetically, if you could communicate with someone moving lightspeed, would the time dilation make it so that they would appear to be moving and speaking very slowly relative to you?

  • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Well, parts of interstellar are accurate. :)

    Wait, you’re telling me it’s not scientifically accurate to say that love is the one thing we’re capable of perceiving that transcends the dimensions of time and space? /s

    You may think this breaks the symmetry I brought up earlier, and it does, but that symmetry breaking occurs when the rocket accelerates a whole bunch turning around and heading back home.

    Ah, okay that answers my question then. It’s the acceleration and deceleration that changes things. Thanks for bearing with me so far and answering all my questions!