Liz, Liz, Liz, Of course the time/age difference can be explained but NOT the fact that it occurs in the SAME present moment, a moment distinct and different from clock time.
You still don't grasp the basic issue here.... Edgar On Thursday, February 6, 2014 5:41:36 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 7 February 2014 11:30, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> >> But even if they do that, one twin still is REALLY younger than the >> other. That real actual time disparity can NOT be reset. There is a real >> absolute time and age difference that relativity can CALCULATE but >> relativity CANNOT explain why that time and age difference exists in the >> same present moment the twins share. >> >> So far it's been explained by me, Brent and Jesse, not to mention Albert > Einstein and countless popularisers of relativity theory (apologes to > anyone else on this list who has also explained it that I've forgotten). To > re-re-rehash it briefly, the difference in ages is explained by the > different paths through space-time taken by the twins before they meet > again at a particular point in space-time. > > -- 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.
