Re: Is Lorentz contraction objectively real?
From: Gregory L. Hansen (glhansen_at_steel.ucs.indiana.edu)
Date: 09/13/04
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:54:58 +0000 (UTC)
In article <4144ebfb@sys13.hou.wt.net>,
Eugene Shubert <http://www.everythingimportant.org> wrote:
>Lorentz contraction is coordinate dependent. It is subjective,
>misleading and not objectively real.
Frame dependent, not coordinate dependent.
And it's just like velocity in Newtonian mechanics, which is also frame
dependent. That means velocity is subjective, misleading, and not
objectively real.
Whatever shall we do?
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