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Time Dilation in SR: Exploring Clocks & Perception
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[QUOTE="Ibix, post: 6075677, member: 365269"] As well as length contraction and time dilation, there is a third and much more important effect called the relativity of simultaneity. What the two frames mean by "at the same time as B passes the flag" is different. So there isn't a contradiction - it's just that natural language hasn't the concepts to express that clearly. The phenomenon is closely related to a simple Euclidean analogy. Put a toy car on a table facing North. Put another due East of it, facing North East. According to the first car, the second one is beside it. According to the second car, the other one is way behind it. In relativity it turns out that "at the same time as me" is similar to "beside me" in space - it means different things to different people. [/QUOTE]
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