On Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 5:13:04 AM UTC-7 John Clark wrote:
On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 1:43 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: > *What we have are two frames which reach opposiite conclusions about whether the car can fit in the garage.* *If that is true then Special Relativity is nonsense, and so is General Relativity because it is built on that foundation. But physicists tell me neither idea is nonsense and I find the argument they present to defend their view to be very VERY persuasive. * *I do, as well. AG* > *This seems paradoxical to me, but perhaps I am mistaken. * *Either Einstein was wrong in 1905 and all professional physicists for the last 120 years have been wrong in accepting Einstein's argument, or you Alan Grayson are correct and have found a flaw that nobody in the last 120 years had noticed before. Which do you honestly think is more probable? * *Much more likely I am mistaken. HOWEVER, if, say, the garage is 10 meters in length, the velocity of the car can be assumed high enough to contract the car, from the pov of the garage, to, say, .000001 meter (or less), since its length approaches zero as v --> c, do you doubt the car can fit fully inside the garage? AG * *John K Clark *pnt -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/cde1adb6-7b77-4062-8647-58eaf185342cn%40googlegroups.com.
