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I Should Have Paid More Attention to Einstein

I should have paid more attention to Einstein. In your life you function with this belief, this perception, that actual time for everyone is the same, an absolute, measurable, predictable, constant quantity. But, I began to wonder as I’ve aged, ‘why does it suddenly feel as though it is now moving much faster for me, but maybe not for others?’ Have I tripped into a wormhole of sorts, with the result that I’m now moving faster through life? So, I went back and checked, and now have my own interpretation of Einstein’s ‘special relativity’. Motion, in this case the motion of life, coupled with the different position of observers, in this case me versus others, in fact results in a space time variation. And time, then, has a ‘relative’ nature to it rather than being a universal absolute. Surprisingly then, perhaps the answer is perhaps. I guess then I’ll just tumble along now and see what’s at the other end of this wormhole. I mean, what choice do I really have?

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