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Ok so I guess I didn't say it correctly like yes it would be moving fast but if there was say a clock on it the clock would be moving slow. But the outside observer sees that time change the observer on the disk would also be slowed down so their perception of the clock would be of a normal clock they would see everything outside moving faster in terms of events that would happen. The person inside sees the distance contraction because to be able to go the full distance at the speed of light then the distance needs to decrease so that the speed of light is constant for both inside and outside observers
Comment by TheTurtleVirus at 20/07/2022 at 21:04 UTC
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OK so how does an observer on the disk perceive length contraction if they are traveling in a circular motion. Does the circumference of the disk get smaller? But at any given moment each point on the disk is moving in a straight line. I just struggle to comprehend what that would look like.