Relativity & Reality: Electric Charges as the Only Real Entities?

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The forum discussion centers on the nature of reality as described by relativity, specifically questioning whether electric charges are the only constant entities in the universe. Participants highlight that relativity indicates mass and length are dependent on an object's speed relative to others, suggesting that reality is transient. Despite this, electric charges on particles remain unchanged, prompting a deeper inquiry into the essence of reality. The conversation emphasizes the need for an open-minded approach to understanding the implications of special relativity (SR).

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what is reality-even relativity gives bizarre answers: the mass of an object depends on its speed relative to another object and so does its length.Since objects in the real world are always moving at slightly different speeds from one instant of time to the next, relative to one another, reality only has a brief lifetime!
However electric charges on individual particles seem to be constant.
Are electric charges the only real, unchanging entities in the universe?
 
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kurious said:
what is reality-even relativity gives bizarre answers: the mass of an object depends on its speed relative to another object and so does its length.Since objects in the real world are always moving at slightly different speeds from one instant of time to the next, relative to one another, reality only has a brief lifetime!
However electric charges on individual particles seem to be constant.
Are electric charges the only real, unchanging entities in the universe?

You've got it kurious. Designed confusion and obfuscation that can only be clarified by the reigning SR theorists, I mean priests. Another angle is considering the singular and collective support of SR theory by those who intuit, and correctly so, attacks on SR also threaten professional security considertions of the SR industry. :smile:
 
kurious said:
Are electric charges the only real, unchanging entities in the universe?
As uncomfortable as it may seem to many (everyone is uncomfortable with it at first glance and some never accept it), what is described by Relativity is reality. As hard to accept as it may be at face value, if you approach it with an open mind and look at the evidence, you'll come to realize that.
 

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