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Originally Posted by Damo2600
The conclusion of the paper is that Special Relativity is correct. I am also aware that Special Relativity makes absolutely no sense in a Gallilean absolute reference frame - whereby *your* time equals *my* time regardless of velocity. ...
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Your paper was long winded and used a lot of words and didn't say much. What it did say, did not
easily get to the conclusion. After reading a couple of times, I did agree you were on the protagonist
side (with SR and not against). I agree with Tormod and others. C1ay's references are much better
at explaining SR. I learned my glimpse with, "The Meaning of Relativity", by Albert Einstein when I
was just turning 13. We do NOT live in a "Galilean world" in that the "average man on the street"
does not understand even Galileo's simple notion of Relativity in depth. To most everyone is their
own reference point. "All coordinates are Relative to Me!" This is often people can not extend their
conciousness to even see another's point of view. Galilean my ass!
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Originally Posted by Damo2600
However IF you guys DO seem to think that relativity does make sense I suggest that you have no grounding in logic.
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The grounding of logic is "if p imlies q then, if p is true, then q is true. Also, we can deduce if q is
Not true, then p is Not true. Nothing that I have seen Tormod, Qfwfq, paultr, or myself (in fact
many more) have in any way construed as illogical (not grounded in logic). This would mean though
that you can follow the logic given. In some of your earlier posts, you had admitted that you did not
fully understand SR (let alone the others) and that you were working to understand such. So when
did you suddenly become an expert in the subject by writing an expose. I studied SR on my own
as it was not offered as a physics topic in my undergraduate studies. Even I don't claim to be and
expert. I have studied it for quite a few years.
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Originally Posted by Damo2600
"Somewhere along the line spacetime and our logical mind is playing tricks on us. We can test the difference. We can measure the difference. But it is impossible for the logical mind to understand the difference. Our logical mind suggests it's impossible. Special Relativity says it is 'actual", says Josephine
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I am not in dispute with you quote. When Tormod, Qfwfq, or I say "it makes sense to me [SR]", we
are meaning that this fits in with the theories of the day {SR, GR, QM, QFT, etc}.
