The idea that as I walk in this direction my watch goes slightly slower and I am contracted in the direction of motion and my mass has increased slightly does not correspond to everyday experience.... the reason that it does not correspond to common sense is that we are not in the habit of traveling close to the speed of light. We may one day be in that habit, and then the Lorentz transformations will be natural, intuitive.


The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006)


The idea that as I walk in this direction my watch goes slightly slower and I am contracted in the direction of motion and my mass has increased...

The idea that as I walk in this direction my watch goes slightly slower and I am contracted in the direction of motion and my mass has increased...

The idea that as I walk in this direction my watch goes slightly slower and I am contracted in the direction of motion and my mass has increased...

The idea that as I walk in this direction my watch goes slightly slower and I am contracted in the direction of motion and my mass has increased...