On Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 6:07:46 PM UTC-6 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 6/13/2025 8:01 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: Firstly, you have no clue about the form of a muon's clock. Or how LT seems to select a clock no one can read. I mean the only clock which is read, is the clock in the muon's rest frame, which exhibits no time dilation. Who or what is reading the dilated clock? AG We're reading the clock (dilated or not) by detecting when it decays. How does observing a decay translate into reading a clock? AG In fact the "watched pot theorem" shows that if you measure the lack of decay on a short enough time scale, it won't decay. But you've still not said what would satisfy you're demand to know the "form of a muon's clock"? Would balance wheels and escapments satisfy you? How do you think atomic clocks (the standard for the second) keep time? Atoms have structure and definite transition frequencies, so although I don't know exactly how Cesium 133 is used to define the standard second, it doesn't take a leap of faith to believe it's possible. OTOH, if a muon is anything like an electron except for its mass, it has no measurable structure and hence an unlikely candidate for having a clock. Moreover, since you're the one who believes the muon has a clock, the burden is yours to define what it is, or could be. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c9102fdb-22fe-47ef-9db7-ff91b1820f9cn%40googlegroups.com.
