Re: simple question on twin paradox
- From: "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:55:27 GMT
"Harry" <harald.vanlintel@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42949de9$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoortel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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> > "Harry" <harald.vanlintel@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > "Curious" <anthonyroseuk-curious@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > > > According to GR, if we look at a twin who accelerates away from Earth,
> > > > travels at 0.5c, and then decelerates again on arrival at the
> > > > destination, if we stop the example at that point where the travelling
> > > > twin is at rest wrt to Earth, is the travelling twin younger than the
> > > > Earth twin then?
> > >
> > > According to SRT (and I suppose also GRT), we can't really say in
> general
> > > who "is younger" while they are apart.
> >
> > Of course we can.
>
> No of course we can't
Of course we can.
>, and if you had read on you would likely have
> understood why your replies were incomplete and misleading.
What followed was your usual irrelevant Sirvent.
Dirk Vdm
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