Re: Is time dilation real?

"Spaceman" <Realspace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:-fqdncV1UozveEreRVn-iw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> "PD" <TheDraperFamily@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | No, it doesn't fail on an hourglass.
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> You have tested such?
> do you have a link to such a test?
> lol
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> || No, I'm not ignoring it -- I've already addressed it. One doesn't have
> | to test dilation by measuring the lifetimes of fruitflies and the
> | burn-rate of 30-second fuses and ticking of metronomes to be sure that
> | it works in absolutely all cases.
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> You do if you are stating all clocks.
> Too bad you don't get what 'all' means.

No, you just have to show that it works for all
fundamental mechanism that might comprise a
clock. All such mechanisms ultimately must be
based upon the fundamental forces. So if
relativity applies to all of the fundamental forces,
it must by extension apply to any conceivable
clock.


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