Liz, What is explained quite well by relativity is the differing clock times. The fact they differ in the same present moment is not even recognized nor explained by relativity.... It's a basic but totally unexplained assumption....
Edgar On Sunday, January 5, 2014 4:00:57 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 6 January 2014 09:00, Edgar L. Owen <edga...@att.net <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Brent, >> >> No, the present moment is NOT just a "label". It's an empirically >> verifiable observation (measurement). And not only that both twins agree on >> that measurement, namely that they have different clock times in the same >> shared present moment. >> > > That phenomenon is well-explained by special relativity, and has nothing > to do with the existence of any "universal present moment". > > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
