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Re:A meander through Martian minutes and the meaning of loca... by vba616 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @01:36AM (#30068858)
>It leads to lots of really interesting and fun sci-fi that somehow hasn't really been dug into sufficiently yet along the same lines as the Twin Paradox

It's been done.

I mean, time dilation in general, and a fast ship catching up with a slow ship in particular.

I would guess 50 years ago-ish practically every variation had been done. Tau Zero was a notable example.

I don't know when the genre started, but it's easy to forget or not be aware than Einstein came out with special relativity almost the exact same time as the Wright brothers were getting their plane going.

Technology has taken a long time to catch up to physics.

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Re:A meander through Martian minutes and the meaning of loca... by marcellus23 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:26AM (#30071023)
Yeah, so much of golden age sci-fi is about relativity, its a bit baffling to say it’s not been dug into yet. If anything, it’s been overdone to the point of being tropey.
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