Re: Twin Paradox a blasphemy to Relativity

From: PD (pdraper_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/08/05 

Date: 8 Feb 2005 12:07:05 -0800

TomGee wrote:
> Of course you can tell who is moving faster. In order for the ship
to
> leave Earth, it must move faster than the Earth is moving. In order
> for the ship to catch up with the Earth on its return to it, the ship
> must go faster than the Earth.
> TomGee

You're kidding, right?

I throw an apple out of a moving car moving at 60 mph and it leaves the
car with a relative velocity of 5 mph.

Now, on the basis of that information, you tell me whether I threw it
forward (so it's going faster than the car) or backward (so it's going
slower than the car).

Timmy gets hit with the apple and so he picks up a rock and throws it
at me in the moving car and it hits me in the nose with a relative
velocity of 80 mph.
Now, on the basis of that information, you tell me whether he threw it
forward (so it's going faster than the car) or backward (so it's going
slower than the car).

PD

Relevant Pages
Loading