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Old May 25th 11, 12:35 AM posted to sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,sci.math,sci.astro
Sam Wormley[_2_]
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Default Simple question about SR paradox

On 5/24/11 3:55 PM, Koobee Wublee wrote:
On May 24, 1:21 pm, Marc wrote:

The whole point of SR is that you cannot detect absolute
time through space.


That is correct. That is why SR manifests the twins’ paradox. It is
a paradox. It does not represent reality. It must be wrong.shrug



The Twin Paradox for Koobee Wublee, shown graphically so he can "get it"
http://www.phys.vt.edu/~takeuchi/rel...section15.html
http://www.phys.vt.edu/~takeuchi/rel...notes/twin.gif