Recent content by Pawl

Thanks for the explanation kamikaze. I actually figured it out a yesterday. My problem was in defining simultaneity. I failed to consider lorentz contraction for one.

Thank you for all the help. I have a better understanding now, but it is clear that I've got a much longer path through the this field. I'll be spending much time at this forum.

I'm aware of this. For my purposes in the example, it isn't really relevant.These answers don't quite answer my question. The problem lies in that after being hit by the laser, you stopped running. When you suddenly stopped you entered the same point of view as John, so you will see the same...

I'm no physicist, but I read that the speed of light is constant from all observers (regardless of relative speed) and in doing a thought experiment I encountered a problem. Here is the situation: John shoots a laser at you. You turn and run away at near the speed of light, but you look back to...