Brent, No, that's the exact opposite of what I said. I said they ARE at the same "present place" when their clocks don't agree.
Now a question for you. What is this "present place" they are in? Edgar On Saturday, January 4, 2014 10:01:02 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 1/4/2014 5:44 PM, Jason Resch wrote: > > > > On Jan 4, 2014, at 5:36 PM, "Edgar L. Owen" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Jason, > > PS: And don't tell me the twins meeting with different clock times in > the same present moment is "an event" as if that explained something. > > > I use that word in the usual relatavistic (and traditional) sense. As > something with defined spatial and temporal coordinates. A known time and > place, where and when. > > Jason > > Of course it's an event. Everything that happens in the entire universe > is an event. But what is the nature of that event from your perspective? > > > Jason, didn't answer that so I'll chip in. The nature of the event is that > two people who followed different paths between two events in spacetime are > at the second event. They synchronized their odometers before they left > the first event. One took the freeway, which was straight to their meeting > point. The other took some interesting mountain roads and when he arrived > at their meeting place his odometer indicated a bigger distance. But Edgar > said that's impossible, "How could they both be at the same present place > when their odometers don't agree?" > > Brent > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
