Re: How long is a muon when at rest?

Arthur Dent:
>I did not "make up" Einstein's definition of an interval of time.

I didn't say you did. I said you made up something and attributed it
to me.

>Einstein made it up. Do you accept the definition he gives? If so, how
>do you reconcile the length of a unit of distance when that unit of
>distance is in motion?

I have no intention of addressing anything until you stop misrepresenting
what I write.


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