Re: Van Flandern & Rethinking Relativity?

From: Jesse Mazer (vze2ztqw_at_mail.verizon.net)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:39:02 GMT

Gregory L. Hansen wrote:

>In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0501261049540.29380-100000@erodium.hep.wisc.edu>,
>Creighton Hogg <wchogg@hep.wisc.edu> wrote:
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>>Of course, when you draw the worldlines for the two twins, it then becomes
>>obvious that their situations are not equivalent and hence there is no
>>paradox.
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>You drew the world lines with the Earth at the origin, didn't you? What
>happens when you draw the world lines with the spaceship at the origin?
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Then the spaceship stays at the origin until it accelerates, at which
point its world line slants away from the origin.