Title: Time is Not Malleable
Description: The theory of relativity, formulated by Albert Einstein, has profoundly shaped our understanding of space, time, and motion. Central to this framework are the concepts of time dilation and length contraction—phenomena that arise from relative motion as described by special relativity. While these ideas have been widely accepted and supported by experimental evidence, our discussion will take a different approach.
Rather than modifying the mathematical framework of relativity, we seek to reinterpret its fundamental implications. In particular, we argue that the differences in time or space between observers who are moving and observers who are not moving are just mathematical constructs used to explain certain properties of light, since light's speed remains constant regardless of the observer's motion. We also extend our discussion to objects with mass and redshift and blueshift phenomena.
To back up this perspective, we looked at some important empirical evidence again and went over their setups and underlying assumptions to see if the proposed reinterpretation still fits with what we saw in the data. We aim not to disprove relativity but to present a different perspective that allows us to comprehend its conclusions.
Subjects: Philosophy of science, Philosophy, Metaphysics, time, Relativity (Physics), Special relativity (Physics)