jambaugh

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First step. Learn the requisite math. You cannot appeal to your intuition (yet) in understanding SR, it is counter intuitive if your intuition is based on everyday experience.

Intuition is a "quick-calc" tool of the mind which creates an answer based on experience. To apply your intuition to a new domain you must first experience that domain. There are two ways to experience SR. Spend hundreds of trillions of dollars developing new near the speed of...

Here is a suggestion (on my personal blog) for revising our monetary system to one which encourages altruism instead of selfishness:

Yet Another Modest Proposal

Attached is a word document Thoughtswith some thoughts on the nature of poverty. This is a continuation of a discussion on a thread as to the role of government in social welfare.

Recall that moving electric charges (currents) induce magnetic fields. Put a (DC) current carrying wire next to a magnetic compass and you'll see the needle move.

Also changing magnetic fields induce voltages i.e. electric fields.

These two together are how a transformer works. The AC current in one coil causes a changing magnetic field which in turn causes an electric field (voltage) in the other coil which can then push a current. With different winding ratios...

Here is a analogous phenomenon which helps see why there is no paradox in the "twins paradox".

Imagine two twins standing together on a flat plane. They begin walking at slightly different directions. As far as twin A is concerned twin B is "falling behind" and likewise as far as twin B is concerned twin A is "falling behind".

This is because each twin is defining a different "forward direction".

Now to make the...