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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:44 PM Original message |
Watching show on Einstein. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Meh! It's all relative. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. The simplest explanation is that you don't understand time dilation. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You miss the point I was making. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. The point you're making is based on a misunderstanding of relativity. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. When this dawns on you yuor going to get it I think. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There's nothing for me to get. Your questions are based on a misunderstanding. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. LOL, you still don't get it. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Seriously. Go to the library, find a book that covers relativity, read it. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 05:53 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. LOL. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. "... why would one move slower in time when observed by the other, and one move faster in time." |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. So if each person sees the other clock slow down. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. No, they're not in the same time reference. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. There is a statement. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Read the problem statement: "Suppose that in Jack’s frame we have two synchronized clocks ... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 03:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You are saying the clocks are stationary. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Yes, they're stationary within a reference frame. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Here is the basic thing. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'm not sure how to interpret your diagrams. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The direction would not matter, if it did it creates inconsistencies. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Let's look at your diagram from post #27 then. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. there is almost nothing in the universe that |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Reading books is one way to learn about a subject. I suggest you try it. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Vectors cancel over time. |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. i took 2 college astronomy classes last year... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My arguement is not that the earth is the center. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-24-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. man you've taken one of the simplest |
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mindwalker_i (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. There are actually two effects here |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
8. The Twin Paradox |
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leahcim (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think you've missed that: |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. "... why did time dilation happen on the trip to the moon, and then it was not canceled out ... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-25-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. You just could have said |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. there is no location on the Earth |
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