lol, this has gone WAY beyond my ability to compute. I watched the first half of the Yale lecture number 12 that was linked to, but it froze up at 29 minutes in. I found myself understanding the instructors hypothetical situations and things that he said in ENGLISH. But he quickly starts...
HA! I'm such a moron for not posting that link. Can't believe I made that mistake. Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksbgDJF9bsM&feature=related
Anyway, now that I've officially ruined relationships on this board I suppose I'll continue this pattern by stating that I was...
So the twin in the INERTIAL frame is the twin that is not moving? I must be confused on inertia then. (Visits wiki)
O.K. I looked it up and inertia is resistance to change of motion, so that means that it IS the twin that is not moving in my opinion (hopefully everyones).
So Fredrik, when...
My mind is getting nuked here! I was really understanding what Ron was saying because I thought it was right, but now you are all saying it isn't. And even though I still don't get it fully, I'm coming closer I can feel it.
Now that I know what you guys mean by frames, inertial frames...
So I have just only begun to understand the difference between GR and SR according to lectures on youtube (thanks TcheQ for the suggestion, why didn't I think of that?). Ron, you are saying then that there is still a group of people who don't believe in SR? I only ask that because you singled...
Wow! O.K. Ron I did not understand that you were actually challenging the facts that the other posters were bringing up, I thought I was misunderstanding you.
You are saying that in your opinion neither twins age would be different then? Because that was my first instinct, but I thought...
This link is helping me somewhat. http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/sr/timebig.html
I understand the clocks and time dilation sections, but when I get to the Lorentz Gamma Factor and the Paradox image I get lost again. The fact that the red perspective stays horizontal I get, but why does the...
Damn you Ron for taking all of my "almost there" understanding and throwing a bomb in it! I understand everything you just said. I can accept it as fact. But then how is it that time dilation is not a slowing of anything? I had just established that one twin is actually younger than the other...
I sure did not mean to stir up an argument, but I have to admit that I did sort of confuse the matter in #7. My thought pattern lead me from one thing to another, and I discussed both thoughts in that one, unintentionally changing the subject a bit. One wrong thought led to another wrong...
Smokes, now you guys are blowing my mind. It is obvious that my comprehension of such complicated topics is infantile compared to some of you folks. I am still a bit confused about certain terminologies you guys use, since I have not had any formal education in physics. For instance, you all...
Thank you Janus! Exactly the explanation I needed. And Tcheq for the video link, I had forgotten about that portion of "Cosmos".
It is still a hard thing for me to grasp, but I have fleeting moments where I feel I'm starting to understand it. Maybe that's the sign that I'll soon have it in...
I'm amused at the discussion so far. A lot of information that is new for me. But I'm confused about the above quote. Fredrik disqualifies the question due to the fact that there is no theory that supports instant travel, but does not object when I mentioned twins being born at the same time...
I'm kind of a noob who's posted a question or two here before to settle arguments and such. Please don't kill me if this has been covered before.
I was reading some stuff about space travel trying to get some creative ideas for a sci/fi book idea I had. Nothing serious and really nothing to...