if you were a photon you wouldn't perceive the other photon as having a speed
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at light speed t is a divide by zero error ("infinity"), time doesn't pass
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from light's "perspective" all events are "simultaneous"
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the thought experiment is that as you get closer to light speed you become more
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like the photon, time "passes" less and less for you
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key is this isn't a weird thing that light does
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seeing things have an order they take place in and time passing is a weird thing
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when you diagram space-time your "light cone" is the region in which
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you can perceive things as having a causal order, in which you can measure time
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bc it's the "cone" radiating out from you of stuff within the reach of
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slower-than-light communication which is what creates that "order"
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this is v badly described but that's the gist as I understand it
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sci fi language abt "distorting" time is a misunderstanding
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