Liz, Yes, of course it is "quite hard to understand" what NOT meeting in the same present moment would be like. That's because it's impossible and self-contradictory. That is why they must meet in the same present moment.
Edgar On Sunday, January 5, 2014 7:08:02 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > On 6 January 2014 12:45, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> Yes, of course you are correct. They do it all the time but in the >> present moment rather than any clock time simultaneity. Without a present >> moment when do they meet up and compare? Certainly not in their individual >> clock times which are different. >> >> It's quite hard to work out what you mean by this. Are you imagining the > twins (or rather, their minds) travelling along their world lines, and > hence having to "arrange to meet" at a particular point? Or rather, you > seem to be envisaging that the laws of physics automatically arrange for > their minds to meet at the same instant, and that if they didn't, one of > them might arrive at the meeting point ahead of the other (and presumably > would be faced by a person without a mind - a "robot zombie", so to speak). > > Is that the sort of idea you have in mind? > > -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
