Why is it that the faster you go the more time slows down?

Answer 1

Gravitational Time Dilation
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity predicted that time does not flow at a fixed rate: moving clocks appear to tick more slowly relative to their stationary counterparts. But this effect only becomes really significant at very high velocities that app roach the speed of light.
When "generalized" to include gravitation, the equations of relativity predict that gravity, or the curvature of spacetime by matter, not only stretches or shrinks distances (depending on their direction with respect to the gravitational field) but also w ill appear to slow down or "dilate" the flow of time.

Answer 2

I believe this is a mathematical representation of the constraint of relative velocities when they approach a hard limit--the speed of light. All sorts of bizarre things happen in order to keep the velocity of one thing from exceeding the speed of light relative to another thing. Time slows down as a compensation. But, as for whether it really does, I forget the actual scientific proofs that demonstrate this principle of special relativity.

As for regular life, I find just the opposite happens--the more I do and the faster I do it, the faster time seems to go!

Answer 3

Wll' i don't really know if my spellings are all correct

Time physics Indeed !
the time does really slows down or not even that is not prooven with what u call a STRONG EVIDENCE and it's not really believed to be a fact but a theory which CAN be true the first person to talk about it was william somethin and i don't know that why the hell people like uand u'r teachers consider it as a fact?
And even the time which becomes slow is very very less perhaps shorter then 1/1000 of a second if we go really realy fast as in the space it has been discoverd that the rockets may be passing through a time a Bit slow than usall .
BUT IN MY OPINION EVEN THIS IS THE MYTH LIKE THE THEORY OF THE BLACKHOLE THAT PEOPLE COULD TRAVEL THROUGH TIME BY ENTERING IN IT AND NOW THE MODERN SCIENCE HAS PROOVED THAT THAT BLACKHOLE THEORY WAS TOTALY FALSE AND I BELIEVE THAT PROBABLY THIS THEORY IS EVEN WRONG THAT WE CAN TRAVEL IN THE TIME OR THE TIME CAN SLOW DOWN FOR US IF WE GO REALLY REALLY FAST.

Answer 4

Because the speed of light is a constantin any intertial reference frame.

It is not that you are moving faster, but that you are moving faster in relation to someone else who may be standing still or moving at a different velocity.

As you both perceive the speed of light to be the same, in your reference frame, light has to move a different distance than that of the person standing still and threfore takes a different amount of time to do it. Therefor you experience a time dilation effect in comparison withthe stationary observer.

Answer 5

Time does not slow down. When you're moving faster you merely percieve the slowing of time because the world around you appears to be moving slower.

Answer 6

it is because you are in a hurry to get to someplace and are trying so hard to get everything done that you are causing your production to go up. Plus you are watching the clock to much. keep yourself distracted so you do not watch the clock