On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:42 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to H LV's message of Wed, 26 Feb 2020 14:21:20 -0500: > Hi Harry, > >In Galilean relativity if I walk eastward towards a tree with uniform > >velocity this is equivalent to saying the tree is moving westward towards > >me with the same uniform velocity. As a fundamental proposition of modern > >physics this is eminently useful but it is also absurd. > [snip] > Have you ever been sitting in a train next to another train, at the > station, and when you see relative motion between > the two wondered whether it is the other train or your own that is moving? > > > Yes I have, but does that establish that reality and perception are interchangeable?
Harry
