[Physics] Clocks in relativity

[Thomas Goodey]

On 16 Nov 2016 at 12:00, physics-request at tuks.nl wrote:

> No more debate with you Thomas. How can there be a sensible
> debate with a person who says that the moon coalescing with
> the Earth is acceptable, but derides the notion of a planet
> without one? And to boot calls it silly.

In this case bringing such a hypothetical planet into the 
argument was silly, because it had nothing whatever to do 
with the point at issue, which was clocks in General 
Relativity.

Thomas Goodey
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We are not built to comprehend a 
lie. 
We can neither love, nor pity, nor 
forgive. 
If you make a slip in handling us you 
die.  

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