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Our dreams are very important in understanding the relativity of time. In
our sleep we experience events that we believe go on for days but actually, we
are having a dream which lasts for only a few minutes or even a few seconds.

In order to make this clearer, let us think of an example. Let us think of a
specially designed room with one window and that we spend a certain amount
of time in it. In the room there is a clock by which we will be able to see the
passage of time. Through the window we can see the sun coming up and going
down at regular intervals. After a few days we are asked how long we have
stayed in the room. Our answer will be calculated by information we have
received based on looking at the clock from time to time and on how many

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