Re: Length Contraction Fully Explained

kk wrote:
JanPB, tag-teaming for xray4abc, wrote:

--a bunch of hot air--mercifully snipped--

What is "philosophical" about Einstein's mathematical
statement that synchronous clocks get c±v for light's
one-way speed?

Forgot to add: this "c+v" simply refers to adding two velocity vectors
in a single reference frame. Velocity *is* a vector, even in
relativity, you know. It is additive wrt a single frame, you see. 2+2
does equal 4, even for Einstein. Amazing, innit.

The "Einstein velocity addition" OTOH refers to combining _coordinates_
of velocity vectors expressed wrt _two different frames_.

Vectors are not same things as coordinates, my dear.

Look, I have a suggestion. Instead of wasting time on this NG and
wasting your life away on chasing chimeras that exist only inside your
mind, why don't you devote all this free time you apparently have way
too much of and STUDY PHYSICS. I mean really study it - forget that
armchair dreamland you delude yourself with now.

--
Jan Bielawski

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