On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Jesse Mazer <[email protected]> wrote: > > So you are just going to COMPLETELY IGNORE my response, which pointed out > that your supposed "error" relied on using the ambiguous phrase "B's and > C's proper ages are simultaneous in p-time because they are at the same > place in spacetime" to describe my views, and interpreting it in a way that > I would never had agreed with? Again, this phrase could be interpreted two > possible ways: > > 1. If B's proper age at this point in spacetime in T, then C's proper age > at this point in spacetime must be T as well (i.e. their proper ages are > "simultaneous" in the sense that they must reach the same age > simultaneously). > > 2. If B and C's worldlines both pass through a specific point in spacetime > P, and B's age is T1 when she passes through P, while C's age is T2 when > she passes through P, then B must be at age T1 simultaneously with C being > at age T2 (i.e. whatever two specific ages they have at P, they must reach > those two ages simultaneously, even if the two ages are different) >
Minor typo in #1 there, it should read "If B's proper age at this point in spacetime is T", not "in T". -- 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.
