Quote (Dr_zoidberg71 @ Fri, Jan 16 2009, 03:46am)
Special relativity basically says that objects going the speed of light see no difference in their own time. So, a photon looking at a watch traveling with it will see time going normally, while in reality time will be going VERY slow for it.
Special Relativity is all about perception at the speed of light, and since we can't go the speed of light yet we can't test it.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_special_relativity):
"The first such prediction described by Einstein is the relativity of simultaneity: observers who are in motion with respect to each other may disagree on whether two events occurred at the same time or one occurred before the other. The other major predictions of special relativity are time dilation (a moving clock ticks more slowly than when it is at rest with respect to the observer), length contraction (a moving rod may be found to be shorter than when it is at rest with respect to the observer), and the equivalence of mass and energy (written as E = mc2)"
"General relativity postulates that physical laws should appear the same to all observers (an accelerating frame of reference being equivalent to one in which a gravitational field acts), and that gravitation is the effect of the curvature of space-time caused by energy (including mass)."
This post was edited by AEtheric on Jan 16 2009 10:27pm