Recent content by mucker

I want to get to the bottom of this, politely. I don't see how that is relevant in this context, you don't need to know someones point (although it certainly helps) to understand the question they asking. Sometimes I leave the "point" out. I do this for one of two reasons (which I am sure others...

I've never said anything about an absolute speed. In both scenarios I said one observer is moving at 0.5c relative to the other observer, and in the other scenario I said someone is moving at 0.25c relative to the other observer, how does any of this imply I am talking about an absolute speed...

I just think it is a bit pedantic about the metre thing. It didn't need to brought up. think it was pretty obvious what I meant even though I used a poor metric to illustrate my point. It was obvious what I was getting at is that in both examples you would flying at the same fixed speed. In any...

Dude sometimes i wonder if you are trolling me lol. It never used to be, and you knew what I meant!

Well it seems I will get shot down no matter what! The reason I took that approach this time is because I was getting shot down when asking the questions directly. Maybe this is the sticking point. I don't see why it needs to be consistent for a hypothetical situation for the purpose of...

This is exactly where I was going with my OP and trying to draw to that conclusion. I felt that it was so obvious (where I was going with it, not the conclusion) that I specifically didn't need to state it. It's exactly what I was implying when I ask if the time dilation is caused by the finite...

I hope you are being modest! ;-) This quote is from my op. I don’t see how this different to my last post, but anyhow…

And there you go! Thank you Dale. You’re a very good teacher and can always get the point I am making and what I am essentially asking.

Thanks all, but that doesn't answer my question. What I am asking is if time dilation is caused by the finite speed of light or the speed in which we are moving relative to another observer? I am finding it difficult to explain what I am asking so I will use two scenarios to help explain it: In...

The universal speed limit is c, and as a consequence light is confined to that limit. I was thinking about the time dilation in SR and was wondering if this is result of reaching speeds close to the speed of light or because of reaching speed close to c? For example, let's say light could be...

Well the funny thing is, I just watched a YouTube video and get it now. Don’t know why i didn’t try it earlier, I think because YouTube is worse for reliability than the internet in general I didn’t trust it. Anyway, I was on the right path with my first question about motion (where I ask if the...

I've ordered the book! What you describe above is how I currently understand what a ref frame is - so I don't see how you concluded that I don't understand what one is. Can you please indicate what I have said to make you think this? I am wondering if I am just not explaining myself correctly.

OK, so can you at least give me some idea of where you think I am not understanding a what a reference frame is? I paraphasing/summarising with what I say next - I see it like a snapshot in time and space, a perspective if you will from one observer who can map out an event with his own...

PeroK I am reading. I know you may think I am not, but I am. I am reading on average 4 hours a day, but sometimes it just raises more questions. I am reading from multiple sources too. I have read up on this one subject from about 4 different sources. The latest one I read, which brought me to...

I think I've finally figured it out and where I was going wrong. I'd be grateful if someone can verify that my logic is now sound.I had a feeling I [wrongly] concluded that due to the invariant speed of light, if you are moving at relativist speeds to two events of equal distance apart, you...