Re: Is time dilation real?


"Greg Neill" <gneillREM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "Spaceman" <Realspace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "Greg Neill" <gneillREM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | *You* think that physics is about the "why". That is
| > | your *opinion* and is not fact. Ask any practicing
| > | physicist and he'll tell you that physics is about the
| > | *how*, not the *why*. If you insist on forcing your
| > | definitions on things, then you are bound to forever
| > | be disappointed.
| >
| > <snipped rest of ignorance>
| >
| > physics : the science that deals with matter, energy, motion
| > and force.
| >
| > science : a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of
| > facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of
| > general laws.
| >
| > hmm?
| > 'showing the operation of general laws' is not the same as showing why,
| > according to general laws?
|
| Nope. General laws are not "whys", they're "hows".

No,
they are both,
you can not know how, without truly knowing why.
Can you really answer a how without the why also in scuh answer?
How can you do that Greg?
:)


| Take Newton's Laws for example. The third law states
| that for every action there's an equal and opposite
| reaction. Note that it doesn't say "why". It
| says "what" happens.

The why is in the removed laws you are not including.

| Oh I don't know, I can rely on the rate that clocks
| will tick according to the general laws of physics.
| You on the other hand, will never knwo what time it is.

Why wouldn't I.
I have never stated the clocks are not as good as they could be
right now.
I merely stated you have no actualy physical cause of why
they malfunctioned and you also have no clue what timing things
is all about.


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