Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years

Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years by hndamien on Thursday November 08, 2018 @12:30AM (#18404523)

Time is relative though. (admittedly for these purposes it makes little difference, but I presume the question of age should be assumed to be from your reference frame, how many revolutions of the sun (Sol) around Earth have you been alive for.

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Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years by Digory on Thursday November 08, 2018 @11:01AM (#18407153)

Of course, it's from society's reference, not your own, that you know when you were born, and how many revolutions have happened since then.

And observing revolutions feels like an abstraction to most people, kind of like "seeing" chromosomes. Most people see effects of revolutions (seasons).

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Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years by jonhohle on Thursday November 08, 2018 @08:07PM (#18411605)

Sure, time is relative. It’s also how we calculate standard measures (the distance light travels over some interval). So if time is relative, so is length.

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Re:Dutch man, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years by hndamien on Thursday November 08, 2018 @08:55PM (#18411820)

Correct. That gives me another idea of something I would like changed... for my dating prospects...

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