
193. Chris Edwards on Educational Reform and Thought Experiments
The Michael Shermer Show
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Aren't You a Einstein?
Theory of relativity is based on the idea that there is no absolute fixed time. Einstein's famous thought experiment was a reflection on what it would be like to be on a beam of light, or falling down an elevator shaft. At very high speed, your experience of time becomes different according to how fast you are going. Theories can have effects and impacts on whole other areas of a thought as well.
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