Re: So... Lerentz Contractions are *physical* not observered?


"Martin Hogbin" <goatREMOVETHIS123@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: > Can anyone provide / point to a definitive answer on whether Lorentz
: > contractions are physical or an observered effect. I thought they were
: > purely an observed effect of SR until I read the "passing trains"
: > paradox.
: >
: > The summary seems to go along the lines of....
: >
: > Get two trains 100 metres long

One boxcar each... hardly a "train".




each heading towards each other on a
: > single track
: > Put a passing point between them 80 metres long
: > At non-reletavistic speeds you simply can't get one train past the
: > other - however you try, they crash
: > At relatavistic speeds, each train will observe the passing point less
: > than 80 metres, but will observe the other train significantly
: > shorter, due to its much greater speed (relative to themselves) and
: > there will be no crash
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: Lorentz contraction certainly makes a real difference to the
: outcome of experiments.

Lying ***.







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