Re: Speed gedanken time (repaired) time dilation 099


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| "Spaceman" <Realspace@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > "OG" <owen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > | So (A) had to move from 0 to first line to measure it
| > | (B) also moved from 0 to first line to measure it - but (B) moved
| > faster.
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| > | Why is (A)s measurement 'right' whereas (B)'s measurement is 'wrong'
?
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| > (A) used a physical device to measure it.
| > (B) could not do such at the speed it was doing.
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| I thought we were doing a gerdanken? Think again and try and come up
with
a
| better answer.

Why?
I like my answer.
if you don't like it,
you come up with a better answer.

This is a Gerdanken, (B) has just physically measured it at .5c .

Why is (B)'s answer 'wrong' when (A)s is 'right' ?


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