Hirohito@fedinsfw.app to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIf you walk forward inside a Shinkansen car while the train is moving at top speed, does your personal momentum actually compress the distance between Tokyo and Nagoya, or are you just changing the ramessage-squaremessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareIf you walk forward inside a Shinkansen car while the train is moving at top speed, does your personal momentum actually compress the distance between Tokyo and Nagoya, or are you just changing the raHirohito@fedinsfw.app to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoIf talking about relativity, the distance to destination is further compressed only for your perspective, not the train’s, and not the earth’s. The amount compressed is imperceptible.
If talking about relativity, the distance to destination is further compressed only for your perspective, not the train’s, and not the earth’s. The amount compressed is imperceptible.