Re: 1c+1c Closing Velocity of Light and Matter

From: Henri Wilson (H_at_..(Henri)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:06:22 GMT

On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:54:40 +1000, Timo Nieminen <uqtniemi@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
wrote:

>On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> In sci.physics, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> > jgreenfield@seol.net.au wrote:
>> >> Sam Wormley wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>jgreenfield@seol.net.au wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>Sam W states that a moving rod IS shortened
>> >>>

It's all bunkum.

Question: If the speed of a rod is altered by the application of a force, does
the rod become longer or shorter?

Answer: Its velocity change can be + or -, depending on the observer. Therefore
SR's gamma transform can also increase or decrease, depending on the observer.
Therefore the 'apparent' length of the rod can either increase of
decrease....but it obviously cannot do both simultaneously IN THE PHYSICAL
SENSE. The SR effect is an observational illusion.

Clearly, after the force is removed, the rod is exactly the same as it was
beforehand.
Exactly the same argument applies to clock rates.

Conclusion: Neither rod lengths nor clock rates are physically altered by the
application and subsequent removal of a force.

HW.
www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/index.htm

"If it's repeated often enough they'll eventually believe it" __Albert Bush

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