On Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 4:44:13 AM UTC-6 John Clark wrote:
On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote: *> your traveling twin somehow turns around without acceleration* *Forget about acceleration, you're never going to understand the twin "paradox" if you become obsessed over that because, as I've mentioned before, there is a way to express it without any twin undergoing any acceleration. * *Firstly I'm not obsessed. If anyone is, it's those who claim acceleration plays no role in resolving the alleged paradox. Those that make this claim cannot, it seems, explain how the traveling twin can start his journey without accelerating. AG * *But even in that case there is no paradox, the only reason people think there is one is because they forget there is no universal agreement about simultaneity. * *If one appeals to acceleration, and thus asymmetry to resolve the TP, simultaneity plays no role since the twins sychronize their clocks when juxtaposed and at rest. AG * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 3ef -- 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/c0996314-ded7-490b-be5c-abe05e126adan%40googlegroups.com.
