I agree with part of your post, but not this part, as it does not follow from mine. Perhaps I was not stating my position clearly. What I meant to say was that merely stating a mathematical expression is not a definition and cannot explain a physical event or effect (especially since many...
Well, I started this thread, and dropped out, and came back to see what had occurred. It is clear that there was no general agreement reached regarding my original question. This original posting was not an idle question, but rather, it was a real question into the way we investigate nature...
Concerning Fredrick and Vandadium's posts:
Good points, from the quantitative perspective. I will concede that. I was thinking in a rather limited sense. The "how" and "why" questions are separable from the quantitative questions. Oh, and I don't think we should believe that understanding...
This has been a great discussion! I have spent many years reading in this area, and have noted some of the discussion points above. A couple of the replies have hit home at what I think causes my confusion with time.
I am mostly curious about the need for time to explain displacements in...
is time a "dimension"
I have been trying to figure this one out for some time now. I have read much on the subject, but it seems to be dealt with in such a cavalier fashion. So, here goes...
We speak of space-time as if it were something packaged. I have a problem with this. Let me list the...
General Question re Twin Paradox
I read through this thread - interesting. Nice discussions.
Please note that I am not confused by this discussion, nor am I attempting to disprove it. I am fully aware of its implications, as in how the GPS satellite system corrects for relativistic effects...