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The stronger the gravity, the bigger the dent in spacetime, and the slower time will run. GPS satellites in orbit experience less gravity than we do on Earth, so their time moves faster than ours. Their onboard atomic clocks have to be corrected for this, using Einstein’s equations. If not for these corrections, they’d be off by more than six miles after a single day.”
“What makes you think that?” said Hahn. “They can’t even speak German,” explained Otto. “Besides, they don’t seem to be ruthless psychopaths.”
And never underestimate the ability of human beings to take things for granted, and find ways to be miserable.
