On Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 3:11:50 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 12/29/2024 3:44 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: *All that's required is to speed the car to a velocity which, from the frame of the car, contracts the garage sufficiently to get it to fit.* That's not even a correct statement of the paradox. You make the car fit the the garage *in the garage frame* by speeding the car up so the car is Lorentz contracted (I really liked the original tank trap version better). Brent *I just noticed your comment. Sure, I didn't use the words "Lorentz contracted", but does anyone doubt this is what I meant? Is it really worth trying to crucify me for a minor oversight in language? I guess the answer for you is affirmative. AG * That's not the error. The error is that you wrote that idea is to speed the car up so that in the frame the care the garage is contracted to make it fit. Brent *You're correct. I've written it correctly numerous times. Must have been a typo. Speeding up the car, contracts the car from the pov of the garage frame, so it fits in garage. AG* -- 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/351903ea-c0f5-446b-88fc-fe1b6f2661een%40googlegroups.com.
