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Originally Posted by Ether
Someone zips by you at 90% of the speed of light. You say his watch is running slowly because he's going so fast...
...but from his perspective, you zipped by him at 90% of the speed of light. So he says your watch is running slowly.
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Say the time of flight was 1 hour according to the airport. What does the air traffic controller say? Do the planes have to make relativity-induced adjustments for landing upon approach? Did the pilots age more or less than one hour during the flight, relative to the air traffic controller who aged exactly one hour? Age is very perspective-based, which is the only reason I bring it up here.
The video helped a lot with defining the inertial frames of reference Michael, thanks for the link.