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I finally understood why you can't go faster than light! (My mind is blown)

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  • description: Support me https://patreon.com/floatheadphysics to see how I learn relativity, get sneak peaks, and early video access. dx3/dt3 - T shirt (Light): https://floatheadphysics.com/products/dont-be-a-jerk-light dx3/dt3 - T shirt (Dark): https://floatheadphysics.com/products/dont-be-a-jerk-dark Part 2 (Ship's perspective) - https://youtu.be/6wXwfcFYKLE?si=XyWXmUVfU2ZxiQjO An intuitive explanation for why objects can never react the speed of light? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:10 The common "explanation" (Infinite energy) 00:37 Photon clock & time dilation 02:22 Do real clocks undergo time dilation? 03:59 Evidence for clocks slowing down (Atomic clocks) 04:39 Evidence for TIME slowing down (Muon Decay) 07:52 Deriving time dilation equation (Intuitively) 09:24 Summary of time dilation equation (The Lorentz factor & proper time) 10:40 Some values for the Lorentz factor 11:40 Why can't you reach speed of light? 14:11 Why it REALLY takes infinite energy?
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