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> On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:41:38PM +0000, Jude Beaudin wrote:
> > Let me rephrase the question:
> > If a man travels on a ship away from earth for 5 light years at .5c, then
> > returns to earth at .5c, who will have aged 20 years, the occupant or his twin
> > who stayed on earth?
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> 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! But again, this is what I remember from highschool,
> and my memory isn't that good - Jenn can testify. :P
no, he's right, it's terrible. :)
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| (...) 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! But again, this is what I remember from highschool, and my memory isn't that good (...) (26 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
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