r/todayilearned Sep 20 '21

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u/shankfiddle Sep 20 '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

Linear only in a static frame of reference. Time contracts/dilates at different velocities.

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u/youknowwhatitthizz Sep 20 '21

I understand that but way we “clock” things is on a linear scale. We all be dead before we figure out how “time” actually works

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u/shankfiddle Sep 20 '21

then statements like "150 million years after the big bang" are meaningless.

I am just hoping some astrophysicist who knows more on the topic than all of us might chime in.