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Re: Relativity Question
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Tue, 7 Nov 2000 21:23:20 GMT
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On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:56:55PM +0000, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > laf. That's the paradox. I think we won't know until we try it. I've seen
> > physicists get cross eyed thinking about it. Some say that _no_ time
> > will pass at all!
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> As I understand it, the time dilation will occur for the occupant of the
> fast-moving ship, who will experience dilation relative to the stationery
> observer. The traveler won't notice the slowing of time, since everything
> in his frame of reference will likewise be slowed. As such, the stationery
> observer is the one who will experience 20 years' worth of time.
but isn't that the whole point of relativity? who's moving and who's
standing still?
--
Dan Boger / dan@peeron.com / www.peeron.com / ICQ: 1130750
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| (...) Well, I usually like to consider myself the Lorenz Reference Point of the universe, so it's anyone who's accelerating relative to me! Seriously, I see what you're saying--to the person in the ship, the "stationary observer" (which, by the way, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) As I understand it, the time dilation will occur for the occupant of the fast-moving ship, who will experience dilation relative to the stationery observer. The traveler won't notice the slowing of time, since everything in his frame of (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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