My Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity that is atributed to Albert Einstein is an application of a more general theory to both particle physics and astrophysics.  The more general theory could be summed up in the old saying, "Things are not always as they seem."  More specifically, the reality of what you observe depends on both the position and "state" from which you observe it.  The state you are in could be any number of things such as being in motion, being excited, being distracted, and not the least of which, being prejudiced.  Let me try to give you a real-world example.

Let's say you are at home on Sunday afternoon, watching your favorite NFL football team playing a game.  A contoversial call is made by an official.  Upon viewing the play that resulted in the controversial call, you could have been in any number of states but the one that may most affect your observation of the play may be your prejudice toward your favored team.  Since we have a number of camera angles available these days for slow-motion instant replay, you are given the chance to observe the play from a number of different points of view.  One or more of the ways you observe the play may lead you to conclude that the outcome of the play benefited your favored team while other ways of observing it may lead you to conclude that the outcome was to the benefit of the opposing team.  Ultimately, you decide which of these observations is the one that gives you the most "real" outcome. Therefore, the outcome, as you undertsand it, is relative (or related to), the way you observed the play.

Now this concept of relative observation can be applied to other concept such as space and time, which I will not go into at the moment (we'll save that for another post) but I want to leave you with this more general theory.   Your way of observing the world is relative to you and you alone.  You can exchange ideas and observations with other people and come to consensus about certain principles that sort of define the way things work (or more appropriately, the way things are "supposed" to work), but you personally have a unique view of the universe and you should not take this for granted.

You are special, if because of no other reason than your relative point of view.

See you next time.