Re: SR's velocity addition -- ANY Experimental Evidence?

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 01:02:15 GMT

Richard Tobin wrote:
>
> In article <41097654.48E53BE1@mchsi.com>,
> Sam Wormley <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> > 186,000 miles/second + 186,000 miles/second = 186282.024 miles/second
>
> I don't think that's a good way to put it. 186,000 miles/second +
> 186,000 miles/second = 372,000 miles/second. It's just that addition
> is not the right way to determine relative speeds of physical objects.
>
> If you point two lasers at the moon and move them so that the spots move
> 186,000 miles/second in opposite directions, the distance between them
> changes at 372,000 miles/second.
>
> -- Richard

  You are right Richard.... take the floor and provide the tutorial.