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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The concept of “simultaneous” breaks down over relativistic distances too so that’s equally fucked

[–] ricecake 4 points 4 months ago

Yup. So building a system for "how we build time systems in different reference frames" and "define how we relate those to earth" isn't irrational, just makes for headlines that are either difficult or very misleading.