Re: Unanswered S.R. Paradoxes

> QUESTION 2.
>
> I am assuming that if the laws of physics are the same in all
frames
> of reference that includes the predictive abilities of SR. If we
take
> my original example of a spaceship passing an observer on earth at
> 0.8
> c relative to the earth frame of reference the earth observer will
> predict that the spaceship observer will view the star to be closer
> than he observes it to be
>
OK.

> but because the spaceship observer views
> his frame of reference to be at rest and the earth to be moving he
> will predict that the earth observer will view the star to be
closer
> than he observes it to be.
>
> No, that is not what SR predicts. That is the 'comic-book'
> interpretation of SR

The concept of each observer considering themselves to be at rest and
the other in motion and as a result each predicts the other will see
time and space as shorter is not my own, it is straight from
Professor Wolfson's lecture. As I mentioned in my opening Professor
Wolfson used this as an example of a seeming paradox that he
explained away with relativity of simultaneity. I am just re-using
his example and asking how you can explain it without relying on a
clock on a distant star being in sync in one frame of reference and
out of sync in another.

Professor Wolfson produced a video lecture series entiltled:
"Einsteins Relativity and the Quantum Revolution for Non Scientist".
I doubt he would have included this example in his lecture if the
concept was not well excepted. This concept according to Professor
Wolfson comes from the S.R. tenet that the laws of physics are the
same in all frames of reference in uniform motion. In this case each
observer can equally claim to be at rest and the other in motion.

Mike K.
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