Re: ABSOLUTE TRUTH ABOUT ABSOLUTE SPACETIME

From: Perfectly Innocent (perfectlyInnocent_at_as-if.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: 30 Jun 2004 03:08:16 -0700

"J.J." <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<KsiDc.100341$Hg2.30045@attbi_s04>...
> In Galilean spacetime, it is assumed that there is only one 'time' (up to an
> arbitrary choice of zero time and arbitrary choice of scale factor).
> Synchronized clocks were assumed to display this absolute time. All
> observers agree as to whether or not two events are simultaneous.

The next level of generalization retains the concept of an
instantaneous comparison of time rates for all observers.

http://www.everythingimportant.org/viewtopic.php?t=605
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/simultaneity.htm

Eugene Shubert
http://www.everythingimportant.org

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