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Scott_Abrams t1_j1idrmr wrote

Very marginally, but yes, experiments have proven that time dilation is real, and appreciable, even at the level of Earth's satellites. Satellites and the ISS are affected by time dilation due to both general relativity (gravity) and special relativity (their velocity while orbiting Earth). The exact dilation is marginal, on the scale of microseconds per day, but is important to adjust for in systems such as our GPS navigation system, without which the accuracy of the system would be entirely worthless.

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Squidocto t1_j1ilxg6 wrote

However, the question is about their experience of time, in which case the answer is no

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Low_Calligrapher_260 t1_j1j9qjx wrote

There are different kinds of experience. Basically subjective and objective. Subjective is what they are aware of of course, which is nothing pretty much. Objective would be what their watch would tell them. And in that sense, they experience less time than we do in the same, um...period?

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dazb84 t1_j1jrce9 wrote

The experience of time is always the same for any local observer. Meaning that no matter where you are you will measure time passing at a rate of exactly one second per second. This means that it makes no sense to state that time is experienced differently because it is always experienced the same for any local observer and they're the only one who can have the experience of time at that specific locality. The only time there becomes a discrepancy is when time in one locality is measured relative to something else where there is a difference in either speed or gravity.

It's basically a measurement discrepancy rather than an experiential discrepancy.

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Malkiot t1_j1jo700 wrote

It would depend on what he means by "faster". Their times runs slower relative to ours, so our time appears to move slightly faster relative to theirs. So, technically they are moving through time slower than we are.

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