Re: The Twin Fallacy and Schrodinger Kat
- From: PD <TheDraperFamily@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
On Jun 25, 1:42 pm, Seju Strich <Seju.Strich.
2a88...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kat, who has been diagnosed with cancer, has 4 years to live. She
volunteers on a space mission to Alpha Centauri (4.37 lightyears away),
travels at 0.866c, and arrives there ~5.0 years later. According to
classical SR, Kat's time slows to a half and ages only ~2.5 years,
arriving in Alpha Centauri, fairly bright eyed and bushy tailed, with
~1.5 years more of life.
But... also according to SR, during the space flight, inside the rocket
(Kat's inertial frame), its internal clock registers time normally, and
~5.0 years pass by for Kat before the landing at Alpha Centauri. She is
dead on arrival.
No, that's incorrect. SR does not say that. On the ship's internal
clock, 2.5 years have elapsed, while on the earth-bound clock 5 years
have elapsed. She arrives bushy tailed.
You have an incorrect notion of what "registers time normally" means.
Do you need a pointer to some reference reading material to brush up
on what SR really says?
As Schrodinger would ask, is Kat alive or dead, when the rocket is
opened at Alpha Centauri? According to SR, she is alive and dead at
the same time. But there is no superposition in relativity, so
therefore, we have a contradiction, and relativity must be false, as
some 'nuts' have already known.
--
Seju Strich
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