Re: R: midsummer puzzle

From: louisnews Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 08:08:38 MDT


From: scerir <scerir@libero.it>

> Keating, i.e., says that for both SR and GR the effect of
> variable aging is a function of asymmetries in the metric
> of space-time. Asymmetry is, of course, the right word to use.

Exactly. One clock accellerates, the other doesn't. All frames of
reference perceive this asymmetry.

Dingle is the one claiming the clocks are symetrical and can't be
distinguished. Most other people (correctly) say that they can.

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Louis Newstrom
louisnews@comcast.net


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