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speed of light

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well, this is definitely the nerdiest comic i’ve ever done. sorry to everyone who’s just here for the cute drawings.

this is a really counterintuitive concept, because “travelling through time” is the exact opposite of what it is in a time travel movie. if you travel quickly trough time, you actually get to the future slower (from your perspective).

if you want to “time travel” to the future, you need to move slowly through time (by moving really fast through space, like neutrinos) so that everything else ages much faster than you.

yeah i know it’s confusing. blame einstein, not me.

Transcripts

narration: everything in the universe travels through spacetime at the speed of light (c).

narration: things that move really fast through space experience less time. while things that move slowly through space experience more time.

narration: as you speed up in space, you slow down in time, so your speed in spacetime will always be c.

sedna’s dad: come on sedna, you’re going way slower than me!
sedna: well i’m going faster than you through time!

Webcomic Transcript Authorsthomas

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