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211 | Solo: Secrets of Einstein's Equation
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
The Twin Thought Experiment in Special Relativity
In relativity, everyone experiences their own personal time and that personal time will depend on the path they take through space time. Einstein was unimpressed by Minkowski's idea because he didn't think it fit into his theory of gravity. Time-elapsing only becomes noticeable if your velocities are differing from each other at magnitudes close to the speed of light.
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