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Is Einstein's SR a description of observations or a description of reality (or both)?
It seems tome the distinction is important.
It seems tome the distinction is important.
What is the difference? How are we supposed to learn about reality other than through observing it?keepit said:Is Einstein's SR a description of observations or a description of reality (or both)?
Perhaps you are alluding to Newton's theory, which contains a description (postulate) of hidden reality and a related description of observations (laws of motion). But only the description of observations can be tested, and most textbooks only mention the laws of motion. Is that what you are thinking of perhaps?keepit said:Is Einstein's SR a description of observations or a description of reality (or both)?
It seems tome the distinction is important.
keepit said:i was just interested in the fact that the reality of one observer is different than the reality of a different observer.
keepit said:As an object enter the event horizon of a black hole the observer sees the "entrant" slow down and even stop but the entrant enters
keepit said:It seems to me that the observation doesn't coincide with the reality the entrant experiences.
keepit said:i was just interested in the fact that the reality of one observer is different than the reality of a different observer
Nonsense. Do you similarly think that the Doppler shift of a cars engine causes multiple realities? Or that different time zones make different realities. This is just silly.keepit said:It seems to me that the observation doesn't coincide with the reality the entrant experiences.