Re: Why doesn't everything happen all at once?

In sci.physics.relativity, Sorcerer
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on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 19:41:46 GMT
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"Barry" <sasalobo@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| One common saying is that "time" is what prevents every thing from
| happening all at once.
|
| Relativity suggests a different answer.

Repeat the experiment where Einstein made lightning strike
both ends of a train simultaneously and then said they were
not simultaneous.

It isn't simultaneous even in Newtonian space: if one has
two LEDs that flash synchronously (the modern variant)
in the loco and the caboose, as measured by someone in
the exact middle of the train, then the head engineer will
notice a discrepancy of L/K, where K is local lightspeed
and L is the train length (in contemporary theory K =
c/r, where r is the refractive index of the medium;
however, since c is not lightspeed in your theory you'll
probably have to find another symbol and I've yet to see
any suggestions from you as to what symbol should be used
since Einstein's 'c' is clearly not correct in your world).

Or, if one prefers, one can stand near the tracks. Two
LEDs on posts flashing synchronously (as measured by
someone at the exact midpoint between the posts) will
not flash synchronously as observed by someone near
a post.

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