Everything gets weird down below the scale that we're visually and intuitively familiar with. Probably because our reality emerges from a huge amount of complex interactions on the smaller levels.
Here's maybe a better example. You press play and some simple things go in straight lines. Atoms have their electron clouds pulsing/rotating at the default speed, but as a whole they go a lot slower. An electron goes through chlorophyll on a roller coaster-like trajectory at the same (-ish) speed that a photon goes through space. More massive molecules and objects have charges inside them moving at the default speed, but they themselves have a slower pace than the little bits that zip around at the default speed.
It's helpful to think of it not so much as a matter of speed, compared to 0, but slowness, compared to c.
Everything gets weird down below the scale that we're visually and intuitively familiar with. Probably because our reality emerges from a huge amount of complex interactions on the smaller levels.
Here's maybe a better example. You press play and some simple things go in straight lines. Atoms have their electron clouds pulsing/rotating at the default speed, but as a whole they go a lot slower. An electron goes through chlorophyll on a roller coaster-like trajectory at the same (-ish) speed that a photon goes through space. More massive molecules and objects have charges inside them moving at the default speed, but they themselves have a slower pace than the little bits that zip around at the default speed.
It's helpful to think of it not so much as a matter of speed, compared to 0, but slowness, compared to c.