Re: What causes time dilation?

From: Mitchell (macromitch_at_internetCDS.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: 18 Sep 2004 18:34:58 -0700

The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@aurigae.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in message news:<rd2r12-hj8.ln1@lexi2.athghost7038suus.net>...
> In sci.physics.relativity, Henri Wilson
> <H@.>
> wrote
> on Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:49:49 GMT
> <gh3kk0pqqinhirucsnfronsvmekhdhvad8@4ax.com>:
> > On 15 Sep 2004 00:01:16 -0700, macromitch@internetCDS.com (Mitchell) wrote:
> >
> >>H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote in message news:<r47fk05dsapfaalo6g812213bpsik3474k@4ax.com>...
> >>> On 13 Sep 2004 18:59:26 -0700, macromitch@internetCDS.com (Mitchell) wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >macromitch@internetCDS.com (Mitchell) wrote in message news:<9c3da975.0408271442.caf7aaf@posting.google.com>...
> >>> >> Uncle Al and the rest have no mechanism for the physical property
> >>> >> of the slowing of time.
> >>> >> I'll give you a mechanism.
> >>> >> If time moves then by speeding up you can catch up to it.
> >>> >> If it moves at the speed of light then it slows down as
> >>> >> you catch up with it.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> We talk about c. But it is more than just the speed of light.
> >>> >> It is the speed of time before there is any dilation.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Mitch Raemsch
> >>> >> -- Light Falls --
> >>> >
> >>> >What causes time dilation? Speeding up does.
> >>>
> >>> 'Speeding up' wrt one observer will be 'slowing down' wrt another.
> >>You don't know whats going on here and your question proves it.
> >>To the observer that sees the slowing down his time is speeding up
> >>since his time was (originaly) slower. Show me differently.
> >>
> >>> So does your time speed up or slow down when you fire your rocket engine?
> >>You just proved my point Henri.
> >>If you can't figure that out for yourself you are postively stupid.
> >>
> >>Mitchell Raemsch
> >> -- Energy Moves --
> >
> > You mean, NOTHING HAPPENS TO TIME OR THE CLOCK.
> >
> > HW.
> >
> > www.users.bigpond.com
>
> Nothing at all happens to the clock in the accelerated frame, as
> observed by an observer in that frame. (Unless, of course, the
> clock depends on gravity = acceleration to operate properly;
> a stately grandfather clock, for instance, will be affected by
> variations in gravity.)
>
> Of course, another observer will see things slightly differently.

There is no mutual time dilation. This proves that time moves(at light speed).
Only the clock that accelerates experiences the transverse doppler effect.
Only the accelerated clock catches up to time.
Mitch Raemsch
                       -- Light Falls --

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