----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin van Spaandonk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]: FW: Einstein's Twin Paradox
In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:43:03 -0500:
Hi,
[snip]
"I solved the paradox by incorporating a new principle within
the relativity framework that defines motion not in relation to individual
objects, such as the two twins with respect to each other, but in relation
to distant stars," said Kak.
[snip]
..IOW by throwing out the concept of relativity and introducing a special
absolute frame of reference. :)
Funny, everything always seems to come back around to that. But its not an
absolute frame of reference...no, just the "distant stars"...
What does "distant stars" _really_ mean? This is a nice case of, we have a
problem that makes us unhappy, so lets just move the problem way away, and
say that it is solved, since it is now too far away to trouble us...out of
sight, out of mind.
Even worse is the 9 billion names for vacuum....Dirac sea, Spacetime, Space,
physical vacuum, ZPF, ether, aether (to use the archaic spelling), ad
infinatum ad tedium ad nauseam.
So whats for breakfast?
--Kyle
