(24) Intelligence will be influenced by relativistic principles as are matter-energy and space-time. Relativistic theory has indicated that space is not three-dimensional and time is not a separate entity. Both are inseparably connected and form a four- dimensional space-time continuum. According to relativistic theory, an outside observer watching an object moving through space would see certain interesting phenomena occur as the object approached the speed of light. The length of the object would appear to shorten, its mass would increase, and its time would slow down. The speeding object, if it were a human, would probably not be aware of the changes. Their perception of their reality would probably be the same as ever, and they would not be aware that the outside observer was witnessing anything different about one's own system. As this human approached the speed of light, the outside observer would see the atomic and molecular events within the human become slower, just as time on the human's own wristwatch would slow.

This theory would predict that as these various events occurred, the function of the human's intelligence would also slow proportionately to the slowing of all of the atomic events. The speeding human's thought processes and body functions would all slow down relative to the outside observer, somewhat analogous to watching a movie in slow motion. Thus, it is predicted that the function of intelligence will be influenced by relativistic principles just as are matter-energy and space-time. This is yet another example of the interdependency, interconnectedness and inseparability of matter-energy, intelligence and space-time.

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