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it isn’t logically impossible for one twin to end up younger than the other. But the moving twin can still reason: my stay-at-home sister is moving rapidly compared to me; so her clocks are running slow; so she will be younger when I see her. We still lack an explanation of what is wrong with this argument, or why the moving twin’s large change of velocity leads to overall time dilation.
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Philosophy of Physics: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
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