Recent content by Tomvader1988

I suppose my conclusion would still be the same.. that i would expect the beams in the system in motion to return at different times as they travel different length paths as a result of the motion. The only way to explain the fact that they do in fact still return at the same time (within that...

I think I confused myself... i think i understood that all 4 beams would return to their source simultaneously, even though 2 out of 4 of the beams had an altered path (which would otherwise lead you to believe that the time taken would alter hence offsetting the return time). Looking back, I...

Ok excellent that makes sense! My next question is simply how can we determine an invariant scenario just through postulation? For example how did you know that the light beams would return to source at the same time regardless of which system they were in? Many thanks for all of your help! Also...

Hi thanks very much for your post, it brings me on to a very important aspect of time dilation that I am specifically interested in. Is it (as far as we can tell) the case that time dilation would almost definitely slow down ageing and bodily processes, e.g. nerve relapses to the bran, tissue...

Thanks for your help with this! Ok so I can picture the perpendicular beams of light. My first instinct would be to say that in the frame where the system is in motion, the beams would not return at the same time as the motion may affect the distance each beam is required to travel in order that...

Thanks for your reply, so I think I understand your point but... Ok I think I partly understand, thanks for your reply. So really what we have is a twin on Earth who's measurement of time is as it is by virtue of their particular circumstance (eg rotation of earth) but not necessarily correct...

As I understand, 'Einstein's mirrored light clock' shows us that a vessel (containing said clock) traveling at any speed greater than that of a duplicate, at rest will observe a slower passage of time. I understand that this is because of simple Newtonian physics that shows us that in the case...