Re: Why Is Particle Decay Probabilistic? Here's the Answer
- From: "T.H. Ray" <thray123@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 12:21:50 EDT
Trveler wrote:
BTW, time does not dilate. The observation that physical
processes can slow down does not imply time dilation.<<
Uh, yes. It does. Physical processes are not
independent of time. Or space.
As Einstein explained [*], spacetime is absolute,
as he gave a precise definition of "physically
real," in his introduction to general relativity:
"The principle of inertia, in particular, seems
to compel us to ascribe physically objective properties
to the space-time continuum. Just as it was consistent
from the Newtonian standpoint to make both the
statements, tempus est absolutum, spatium est absolutum,
so from the standpoint of the special theory of
relativity we must say, continuum spatii et temporis
est absolutum. In this latter statement absolutum means
not only 'physically real,' but also 'independent in
its physical properties, having a physical effect,
but not itself influenced by physical conditions.'"
Einstein knew that "relativity," the name that stuck,
was an unfortunate label for his theory, which after
all, is a theory of the absolute, not the relative.
Among physicists, the true relativist is represented
in Ernst Mach, whose science of mechanics disallowed
the physically real existence of space(and in fact
rejects atomic theory as well). Mach was wrong, as
are you, who echo some of his views.
Tom
[*] Einstein, 5th ed. The Meaning of Relativity.
Princeton University Press, 1956.
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