Re: What do Relativists and Baboons Have in Common?


"Russell" <russell@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Henri Wilson wrote:
| > The relativist says, "to an orbiting observer, a clock on the ground
appears to
| > run slow".
|
| Slow, compared to the orbiting clock, that is.
|
| Yes, in fact *both* observers agree that the ground
| clock runs slower than the orbiting clock.
|
| > Yet relativists are forced to agree that both OO and GO count N ticks
per orbit
| > from the ground clock....the orbit being that of the OO.
|
| You say "forced to agree" as if it were a matter of some
| controversy. It isn't. It's obviously and trivially true.

You say "obviously and trivially true" and "in fact" as if it were fact. It
isn't.
Obviously and trivially you are a stupid fuckwit.
Androcles




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