Re: Is time dilation real?

"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".

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.

> It is sad you think it is not.
> for simply you have lost the science part of physics.
> Of course, that is your loss, not mine.

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.


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