On Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 5:40:47 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 1/22/2025 12:00 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 8:56:01 AM UTC-7 Alan Grayson wrote: Clark posted, and I agree, that the paradox is rooted in the assumption that fitting and not fitting of car in garage, from frame of garage and frame of car do not happen at the same time. AG But you posted "They do happen at the same time as clearly shown on my diagrams. In the garage frame the entrance door closes before the exit door has to open. The car is in the garage for about 2.5 nano-seconds. In the car frame the doors are open at the same time so the car extends thru both." Please explain this apparent discrepancy. AG Gentleman's C. Grade as a teacher of SR. AG And F for you as a student of SR. Brent. The difference between our grading results is that whereas I am generous, you are not. Further, many of my questions are way above much better grades. For example, when you write that the car fitting and not fitting "happen at the same time", this is obviously a very imprecise, or shall we say sloppy statement which doesn't give good credit to someone who claims to be a teacher of SR. Specifically, in the not fitting case, there are several DIFFERENT times that could be "the same time" in your statement, whereas, for example, in the case where the car fits perfectly, you are referring to a single time. It's quite possible, even likely I would say, that most of those who read your statement wouldn't have notice this distinction. Many of my questions fall into this type of category. I rest my case. 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/2652c3e4-7edb-4b5a-b892-d0b7e8c743a9n%40googlegroups.com.
