How Fast Are You Moving Through The Universe?
Even when you are sitting completely still, you are still moving extremely fast! Trace thought it would be fun to figure out just how fast we are all moving! How Fast Are You Moving When...
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The other day I did this video about time dilation, or the idea that time is relative to your current speed, but that got me to thinking: there's no such thing as not moving! You might think you're just sitting there, watching this video, maybe you're in a car, on a train or even on an airplane. But even if you were at home on your couch trying to be as still as possible, you're still traveling XXX,XXX miles per SECOND. EVERY SECOND. Sit still and think about that for a second… The question “how fast are we moving?” is FAR more difficult to answer than I thought because there are so many moving parts -- literally… pun intended. So, let's go through each level of motion and then add it all up at the end. Starting small, you're no...
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The other day I did this video about time dilation, or the idea that time is relative to your current speed, but that got me to thinking: there's no such thing as not moving! You might think you're just sitting there, watching this video, maybe you're in a car, on a train or even on an airplane. But even if you were at home on your couch trying to be as still as possible, you're still traveling XXX,XXX miles per SECOND. EVERY SECOND. Sit still and think about that for a second… The question “how fast are we moving?” is FAR more difficult to answer than I thought because there are so many moving parts -- literally… pun intended. So, let's go through each level of motion and then add it all up at the end. Starting small, you're no...
