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robert Ihnot
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This should be a simple question for this Forum: Einstein tells us that when the train is moving and the lightning flashes on both ends of the train,if it meets at the center of the tracks, it will not meet at the center of the train for the obvious reason that the train has moved off from that position.
The webmaster for Relativity for Cranks can not see the difference between the lightning bolts at rest on the tracks and light beams flashed by the conductor and the engineer on the train at equal distance from the center, instead of the exterior lightning bolts, to the middle of the train. In this second case, I say that the light flashes must meet in the center of the train otherwise we could detect absolute motion. Look at it this way: We can always consider the train at rest and the tracks as moving.
I would like someone to assure me that I have this correct, if I do. Thanks, Bob
The webmaster for Relativity for Cranks can not see the difference between the lightning bolts at rest on the tracks and light beams flashed by the conductor and the engineer on the train at equal distance from the center, instead of the exterior lightning bolts, to the middle of the train. In this second case, I say that the light flashes must meet in the center of the train otherwise we could detect absolute motion. Look at it this way: We can always consider the train at rest and the tracks as moving.
I would like someone to assure me that I have this correct, if I do. Thanks, Bob
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