so take the twin paradox, two twins, one on a spaceship going .99c
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the "paradox" is when the space twin comes home the earth twin is decades older
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but all motion is relative, right? ones not objectively "standing still"
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how does the universe "know" which twin has "slowed time" vs "normal time"
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What if a third twin leaves and returns in the opposite direction?
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When they both return will they be exactly the same age as each other?
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I guess your implicit question is "Does Triplet B perceive Triplet C as
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traveling 1.98c away from him?"
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answer is no, triplet B doesn't perceive triplet C at all, he's outside his
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light cone and they cannot interact
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which means you cannot establish a time relationship between them
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earth twin and space twin CAN interact but bc they're at the border of the
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