Re: SR's velocity addition -- ANY Experimental Evidence?

From: Spaceman (Spaceman_at_realspaceman.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 02:02:27 GMT

"Richard Tobin" <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message news:cebt55$1417$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk...
} In article <41097654.48E53BE1@mchsi.com>,
} Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
}
} > 186,000 miles/second + 186,000 miles/second = 186282.024 miles/second
}
} I don't think that's a good way to put it. 186,000 miles/second +
} 186,000 miles/second = 372,000 miles/second. It's just that addition
} is not the right way to determine relative speeds of physical objects.

WRONG
Basic addition is the correct way to "add" speeds.
The only way it would be wrong is if miles, or seconds shrink.
( and they don't in real science)

} If you point two lasers at the moon and move them so that the spots move
} 186,000 miles/second in opposite directions, the distance between them
} changes at 372,000 miles/second.

You accept that fact?
So why won't Sam accept such "seperation speed"?

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