> I guess I just reason differently from everyone
>else - I see the spaceship's acceleration as the
>catalyst in this situation, acting upon the
>static universe to create an odd effect.
>
> Am I just dumb, or do you see what I mean? Or
>neither?
>

I wouldn't say you're dumb, but for me it just comes back to Occam's razor (until I get a better understanding of the principle, that is.) Which is it simpler to imagine? The ship does something that effects the ship, or the ship does something that effects the entire rest of the universe? Do you still disagree?