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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Definition of time dilation
> 
>  a slowing of time...
> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20dilation
> 
> "slowing of time"????
> 
> i gotta figure this one out...
> 
> are they talking about a clock, or a pretty girl on your lap?
> 
> i gotta figure this one out...
> 
> Maybe i need to perform an experiment...
> 
> i need one pretty girl
> one clock
> and a dilation.
> 
> I can get a pretty girl and a clock, but where do i buy a dilation?
> 
> i need a dilation to slow my clock....


wait, does it slow the clock or slow the time?

it must slow the time
without slowing the clock.

the ticks don't slow, just the flow between the ticks.


The question is when does dilation work????



maybe dilation is like the rain..

it only rains when it rains.