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So if we removed the wire component and our device could light instantly once the button is pressed it would be red and therefore frame 1 and frame 2 would not agree?

My frame of reference would be the platform on which the two men are standing (the earth) who are operating the buttons. My second frame would be the train. Could we say that with respect to frame 1 the answer is green and with respect to frame 2 it is red? Is that what you mean?

Thank you for your replies. If then, we had two people who stood on the platform side by side. They would each be holding an electronic device which had a button on. When the buttons are pressed by both people simultaneously the devices emit a green light. If they are not pressed exactly...

Hello I am investigating a thought experiment conducted by Einstein in which he imagines a man on a train platform (it is being explained on a documentary I am watching). Two lightning bolts equidistant from him strike at either side. He sees these bolts of lighting strike at the same time. A...