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So, I have a question about special relativity and nobody has ever been able to answer me, maybe I'll have more chances here.

It's about time dilation. As we all know, even time is relative to the observer and it seems to be slowing down when going faster.
There is at least one extreme to this phenomenon: theoretically, from the "perspective" of photons, everything is instantaneous, time is slowed down so much it completely stops.

My question is, is there an other extreme to that? Is there a frame of reference in the Universe (hard to concieve since it has no clear shape) where time actually flows the fastest?
Is there such a thing as an absolute "not movement", since there is an absolute speed? From which the Universe seems to happen really really fast?

Or am I missing the point completely?

>tl;dr Has time dilation an inverse phenomenon?

Would one of /sci/'s big brains kindly explain to me, like I'm a 7 year old, why, if I travel at the speed of light, does time stop for me?

Does this mean, as I travel at the speed of light, that I can go 1,000 light years, and experience no time, so I'm immortal during the 1,000 year journey?

thanks for dumbing it down for me.

hey /sci/ .... science n00b here

awhile ago I was trying to learn about special relativity on my own, and achieved a pretty basic grasp on it. I've just got to thinking about it again, and I have a question (one which I suspect will make some of you smarter people lose faith in humanity, but bear with me please).

The theory of special relativity was formed on the postulate that light is constant, so time and space must be dynamic, right? So, my question is, is it at all possible that it's the other way around? Could it be that light is relative, and time and space are static? Are there any alternative theories to relativity which work on that premise, or does light absolutely have to be constant for reasons that I don't know about?