A couple of the responses in this thread were probably the most helpful things I've read to explain my misunderstanding of the Big Bang (or they just made me feel significantly more confident about a misunderstanding!)
Can someone help me make sure I understand the model correctly?
1. ~13.8B...
First, thank you to all who responded. This is very enlightening, and I certainly appreciate your help. Sorry for the lag on my side between replies.
This seems to be my source of confusion. Assume the start clock is a digital clock. Wouldn't the photons/light from the clock reach P1 with the...
Thanks for the comment.
I think I was sloppy in my phrasing, so I edited the question.
The question for the first one is, from various vantage-points, what would a wrist-watch show, and what would you see on the start clock, immediately before the light is "fired" and at the moment the light...
Oh, yes, you are right. Sorry about that.
But by happenstance I've been of the opinion since learning about SR that there is a theoretically objective point of reference/time, so I'm glad you confirmed that.
Thank you for your response.
Hi. I'm learning about special relativity and want to see whether I understand it correctly. As such, I had 2 thought experiments that I answered, and I want to see whether these answers are correct. If not, could someone please tell me the correct answers? Thanks!
Thought Experiment 1: Super...