Simplified explanation of SR for relativity-denier

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This discussion centers on the challenges of convincing a relativity-denier of the validity of Einstein's Special Relativity (SR). Key arguments include the analogy of time dilation as a change in perspective within spacetime and the classical velocity vector's appearance from different reference frames. Participants emphasize that engaging with such individuals is often futile, as they may reject empirical evidence and established scientific principles. The conversation highlights the necessity of experimental verification in understanding SR, referencing practical applications such as GPS technology and particle accelerators.

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Dale said:
Your arguments are fine, but doomed to failure anyway. I would give them this link and then walk away:

https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/experiments.html

Any alternative theory must explain all of these experiments. Not just Michelson Morley

I liked how he made space for a whole section just to roast people. It's like the Darwin/Razzy awards but for experimentalists:

https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/phys...ments.html#Experiments_not_consistent_with_SR
 
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ergospherical said:
I liked how he made space for a whole section just to roast people. It's like the Darwin/Razzy awards but for experimentalists:

https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/phys...ments.html#Experiments_not_consistent_with_SR
He mis-spelled the name of the anti-relativist Hartwig Thim.

Thim's dubious IEEE paper "Absence of the relativistic transverse Doppler shift at microwave frequencies":
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1240186

A counter-argument against Thim's anti-SR interpretation of his experiment:
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5374026
 

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