In theory can entities in future spacetime look "back in time" to us, as we look back in time to other entities light years away, or is time simply a function of the distance and distance determines the relative time of all entities in relation to one another?
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An entity that is 100 light-years away from us sees us as we were 100 years prior, and we see them as they were 100 years earlier as well. It is simply a matter of the finite speed of light, and the distance between the observer and the observed.
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Should it be noted that this isn't a consequence of special relativity? – BioPhysicist Apr 05 '19 at 21:32
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Perhaps. But the OP didn't make the explicit connection so neither did I. – niels nielsen Apr 06 '19 at 05:10