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From: The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: "seems" like a minute
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:33:48 -0700
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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > >
> > > Einstein said in so many words:
> > >
> > > "If you sit on a pretty girl's lap for an hour, it seems like a minute.
> > > If you sit on a hot stove for a minute, it seems like an hour. That's
> > > relativity"
> > >
> > > "seems" like a minute
> > > "seems" like an hour
> > >
> > > Sounds to me Einstein is refering to an 'inner clock', not an outer
> > > clock.
> > >
> > > Psycholocial time not
> > >
> > > physical time.
> >
> > But how do you measure if you're sitting on a stove with a girl on your
> > lap????
> 
> It's getting HOT! TWO HOT!! my clock is confused...
> 
> Einstein confuses me...I don't know when he is talking about his inner
> clock or a outer clock?
> 
> Is the outer clock even aware of all this????
> 
> "What time does your dilation say?"
> 
> The outer clock sez, what do you mean two events happening at the same
> time on my clock????
> 
> Do you wear two watches?


The flow of time is an...inner clock thing.

Psycholocial time, not
 physical time.






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