Brian Asalone

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There is no notion of simultaneity between two separated events. There is only whether two events are inside each other’s light cones. If they are, we say the events are “timelike separated,” while if they’re outside, they are “spacelike separated.” Those are well-defined notions that every observer in the universe will agree on, while “simultaneous” is not.
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
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