Re: The real twin paradox.

On Dec 14, 6:11 am, Bryan Olson <fakeaddr...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/node97.html

You apparently did not find it in Fitpatrick's
lectures. That is what I usually refer to.

I suspect the reason I did not find it in the reference
you posted is that it is not there. It was just another
of your irrelevant links.

The twins paradox not there because it is irrelevant
if there is no conflict in SR's postulates.


I'd be less than stunned to find a physics professor at
some accredited college who denies the twins phenomenon.
Academic freedom protects flake positions. Nevertheless
Sue, you are batting flat-out zero. I'll grant that
Fitpatrick is an expert -- now show me where he says the
twins phenomenon is myth.

Suppose a person is midway between the earth
and a rifle. He can issue simultaneous

Suppose we stick to issue here.

The issue is a parlor trick as you can see
from Jeckly's "vanishing orbits".
That is thoroughly covered here:

http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/pseudo.html

I just thought I'd toss in a bit of physics since it
is in the newsgroups name.

Suppose a person is midway between the earth
and a rifle. He can issue simultaneous
detonating signals in both directions
because the wires are equal length.


The wire to the rifle is connected
to the trigger.


There is an observer at the rifle.


The wire to the earth is connected
to an antimatter bomb that will
cause the planet to vanish.


Each time Mr. Midway fires
the rifle the observer notes that
the bullet follows a curved trajectory
because of the earth's gravity.


With the final bullet Mr. Midway
issues a simultaneous signals to
BOTH the rifle and the bomb.


The observer sees the rifle fire.
He does not see the earth vanish.
(the image has not arrived because
it moves at the speed of light)


Does the observer see the bullet
take a curved path or a straight
path?


Newton says straight.
Einstein says curved.


Experiment agrees with Einstein


No twins implied or required!


What can we add to that with a
thought experiment that becomes absurd
if you assume Newton was right about
his his inertial ether?


Sue...

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