Every physics student's nightmare: the dreaded train thought experiment! Einstein's special relativity is always introduced with "imagine you're inside a train moving at nearly the speed of light..." followed by increasingly mind-bending consequences that make your brain leak out your ears. The professor's hand hovers over that metaphorical button, ready to unleash another round of time dilation, length contraction, and relativistic mass increase that will have you questioning your existence. No wonder 9 out of 10 physics students develop an irrational fear of railway stations.
...And That Train Goes Reeeally Fast...

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