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- From: clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke)
- Subject: Re: Twins Paradox Resolved
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.130948.18912@cs.ucf.edu>
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- Organization: University of Central Florida
- References: <BrrztE.J4u@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 13:09:48 GMT
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- In article <BrrztE.J4u@well.sf.ca.us> metares@well.sf.ca.us (Tom Van Flandern)
- writes:
- >
- > {reiteration deleted}
- > For those unfamiliar with SR, SR implies that events synchronized in one
- >frame will not be synchronized (= simultaneous) in a relatively moving frame.
-
- Not true.
-
- > Now here is the resolution:
- >
- > There are four events:
- > T1 meets E1: both are age zero.
- > T1 meets E2: T1 age 7 months, E2 age 4 years.
- > T2 meets E1: T2 age 4 years, E1 age 7 months.
- > T2 meets E2: both are age 4 years plus 7 months.
- > {more deleted}
- > If we can agree on the resolution of the paradox, then perhaps we can go
- > on to discuss its significance. This version of the paradox reveals one or
- > two loopholes in the usual understanding of special relativity with
- > interesting implications for physics. -|Tom|-
- > --
- > Tom Van Flandern / Washington, DC / metares@well.sf.ca.us
- > Meta Research was founded to foster research into ideas not otherwise
- > supported because they conflict with mainstream theories in Astronomy.
-
- I disagree. You are confusing time dilation with changes of coordinates.
-
- --
- Thomas Clarke
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