Recent content by Jmundi

There are a few senses that come into play when making an observation about something. Firstly you would see it. Then to make sure that what you see is what you get, you could also trace your fingers along the outlines of said object to make sure that the outlines ARE in fact what you see. For...

That simple explanation was enough, but thank you for the rest nonetheless. :) Cheers.

Thank you! I said i prefer simple words and examples and you gave me those. So from what i understand, the 3 dimensional value of the ladder itself has not changed (its contraction in this sense is illusionary), but adding time dilation makes its size change depending on the observable angle...

I have a very basic question about the relativity of simultaneity (damn that's a mouth full). So basically rule no. 1 would be that it's all relative right? In the example of the ladder thought experiment it's shown that because of "Lorentz length contraction" a ladder which is bigger than a...