Can you travel into the future? To answer this question, we need to understand the concept of time relativity. According to Einstein, time is relative. Every object has its own time. The rate at which time passes for me might be different from the rate at which time passes for you. What is Relativity? Imagine you are inside a flying airplane. For someone standing on earth, he will see that you are moving along with the airplane at a particular speed. While from your perspective, you are actually at rest. This might be counterintuitive because you know you are definitely moving along with the airplane. However, we are talking about the airplane's point of view, not the earth's point of view. Try to close your eyes when you are inside an airplane. You will feel that you are not moving at all. Another example: suppose there are two cars, A and B, moving in opposite directions at the same speed. Someone on the ground can observe that A and B are moving at the same speed, let's
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