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Why Dick's Argument Around Proper Time Is Misleading

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Posted by Aurino C Souza on August 9, 2002 13:10:36 UTC

What Dick is saying about time can be applied to space (remember, they're equivalent in relativity). He's basically saying the equivalent that rulers don't measure space, they measure "proper space". He's saying that a ruler that has been shrunk or bent will not measure the same distance measured by a "good" ruler, therefore rulers don't measure space, they measure something else.

Now no physicist will buy that argument (at least no physicist here or on usenet), but some people who don't understand Einstein will. Isn't that strange by itself?

As far as physics is concerned, the only meaningful issue here is, can you run an experiment in which the measurement of a moving clock (or a moving ruler) will not conform to Einstein's predictions? Well, physicists, serious or otherwise, have been trying that for decades, and every single attempt to obtain a measurement that invalidates relativity has failed. Every single one!

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I can prove Dr. Dick is correct! - dolphin - August 10, 2002 - 20:12 UTC
- Aurino what way out of this jungle? - dolphin - August 11, 2002 - 09:56 UTC
  - Research, research, then more research! - a_souza - August 11, 2002 - 13:53 UTC
    - and then they write by morning night and afternoon & pretty soon - occupant - August 11, 2002 - 16:46 UTC
      - Good question - a_souza - August 12, 2002 - 13:22 UTC
        
        Aurino: "That's what I think, for what it's worth... not much" - occupant - August 12, 2002 - 17:32 UTC
        
        From Alan Parson to Mike Pearson - a_souza - August 12, 2002 - 17:46 UTC
        
        That's Alan Parsons (nt) - a_souza - August 12, 2002 - 17:47 UTC
        
        I did not like your post to me & I don't think I can forgive you - carefuluniverse - August 12, 2002 - 18:13 UTC
        
        Alright - a_souza - August 12, 2002 - 18:30 UTC
        
        Now we know what you do for a living - spazcon - August 12, 2002 - 20:13 UTC
  - Alan, I'm glad you retracted... - luis_hamburgh - August 11, 2002 - 18:06 UTC
    - Great post, Luis - a_souza - August 12, 2002 - 12:41 UTC

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