It is easy enough to go through and prove there is no paradox in relativity.
Makes sense - it is a mathematical theory derived from established mathematics. People still don't buy it though.
I think the real problem is the conclusion we try to draw from "thought experiments." Creating fictitious situations has a way of masking reality.
Case in point, if you REALLY put a person in a space ship and flew him at half-light speed to a distant star and back, would he really come back that much younger than his earthbound twin?
I'm guessing no, because the simple twin-paradox problem neglects way too many other factors that would actually come into play.
2006-10-30
14:36:06
·
6 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous
in
Physics