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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hi, Again from Carl Johnson,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My ultimate intwention is to present a new
presentation on Special Relativity "for the masses" but you guys are far more
intelligent and insightful, so maybe I can present it in just
words.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My new reasoning is based on two images in
laboratories, one here on Earth and the other on a non-accelerating but rapidly
receding identical image on a distant planet which recedes at 0.6c.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Describing the Earth viewpoint first, half of the
image is a giant wall clock in the laboratory, timed exactly to GMT. The
other half of our "Earth" image is through a truly impressive telescope, of an
identical giant wall clock on the other (receding) planet's wall, which WE see
as moving at 0.8 the rate, due to SR.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The TRUE time we ever detect is what we are used
to, and ONLY the image through the telescope has the sensation of running much
slower due to Time Dilation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The other half of the graphic is as seen from THAT
laboratory. We view a (local) wall clock which runs at a perfectly
expected rate. And next to it we see an image through THEIR telescope,
aimed at our laboratory on Earth, where the clock clearly appears to run at 0.8
the rate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>NO acceleration so both Laboratories are certain
that THEIR wall clock is perfectly accurate (in an Inertial Reference Frame in
their opwn labs). But they each see the "other" clock (through their
telescopes) to be runningn clearly slowly.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My point is that the "Time Dilation effect" is not
actually a physically true phenomenon, but both clearly see the "moving clock"
appear to run at 0.8 times the rate of their own clock.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Definitely obvious to witness, for both. But
regarding any "physical sensation in the other Laboratory", no, there would be
none. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The distant observer might THINK that you are aging
at 4/5 the rate, due to his calculation of Time Dilation, but YOU know that your
birthdays are exactly as far apart as you have always expected. Ditto, the
other way.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The same has always been true of humans here and
decaying mu-mesons high in our atmosphere. In our laboratory, we
accurately measure the average lifetime of a muon, (but through our telescope)
we see a muon appear to age far slower such that the muon survives all the way
down to our Labs. A tiny muon scientist sees our atmosphere as only about
half a mile thick, so he sees no problem in getting all the way down through
what we call 50 miles. But through HIS "telescope" he sees really, really
slow moving Earth scientists moving one-hundredth as fast, and so everything
makes perfect sense to everyone.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Yet, no one senses any quirky effects, just stuff
that is "normal"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carl Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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