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Because there's no such thing as "real" motion. Any motion is always compared

to something.

The book in your lap that you're reading while you sit in the seat is not moving

at all, compared to you or the seat. That's how you're able to read it.

But the seat you're sitting in is on a passenger jet, flying 27,000 feet above

the ground and 350 miles per hour through the air. Compared to a person on

the ground, you, the book, and the seat are all moving at 350 miles per hour.

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