4512. Here is the entire segment of conversation Coromo
overheard, and partly remembered. "Einstein says that as a moving object
approaches the speed of light, time slows down." The other person at the
table replied, "Did Einstein say exactly what time was going to slow down
relative to?"
4513. "Time slows down relative to what?" Repeated
the first speaker. And the man who had made the contrary statement then said, "For
time to slow down, it has to slow down relative to time itself. Therefore to
say that time slows down can have no meaning."
4514. By the same reasoning, space cannot be said to be
warped, because it would have to be warped relative to something, and that
something it would be warped relative to determines the shape of space.
4515. Later Coromo brought desert to the table of the men
who were arguing about Einstein. The conversation has shifted, and they were
now talking about Galileo. The man who was suspicious of the ideas of Einstein
turned out, not surprisingly, to be skeptical of Galileo as well. He was one of
those types that enjoy throwing stones at the monuments of famous men.
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