The twin trip shows a paradox in the thought experiment of the " traveling clock " idea ... since if the clock were to come back to you at the same speed , it would appear that time would speed up , so the total elapsed time would be the same as on Earth . Real experiments do not show this to be true , though . So , how do we explain away this paradox ? For this assignment , come up with a creative way to both explain the twin paradox and to explain why there is still a discrepancy in the time elapsed on Earth as compared to the moving ship . This can be done through a story, a poem , a comic strip , or any other creative way .