Re: Lost in Space
Dave, on host 130.11.71.204
Friday, October 9, 1998, at 13:28:24
Re: Lost in Space posted by Bdub on Friday, October 9, 1998, at 12:44:00:
> A challenge! The apparent paradox is that I, on >planet Earth, will look at your ship's clock and >observe that your clock is running more slowly >than mine. Time, therefore must be moving faster >for me than for you. However, you, in your ship, >will look at my clock and observe that it's >running more slowly than yours. Time must, you >say, be moving faster for you than it is for me. >Intuitively, we think both cannot be true. But >the paradox is only apparent because both *are* >true.
You correctly identified the paradox, but I'm not sure about your conclusion. Both *are* true in a certain sense, but...
Oh, my head hurts too much. All this thinking the last few days. I refer again to the web site I posted further up the thread, which will explain away the "paradox" in a much better way than I ever could. :-)
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