On Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 5:24:26 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote:
On 12/12/2024 1:33 PM, Alan Grayson wrote: On Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2:13:26 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote: On 12/12/2024 12:34 AM, Alan Grayson wrote: So if the observer in the car reported that the car crashed into the back wall, would you claim he was mistaken, or say had the wrong point of view? AG He's certainly right. The question is where was the rear of the car *at the same time* the front of the car hit the wall? Brent The car length contracted is 7.2', and the garage length contracted is 6' (both in car frame), so the rear of car hasn't entered garage when crash occurs. AG You can have them BOTH contracted. That's in nobody's frame. Why don't you look at the diagrams. There is no diagram in which both the car and the garage are contracted. Brent I agree. My error. 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/48fec8d5-36f3-417c-92bd-91940d46d602n%40googlegroups.com.
