On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 4:10 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
*> From the car's frame, the garage's length has decreased from its rest > length, where it couldn't fit, and now imaging a fit is worse than the > initial situation. So, what has simultaneity have to do with the solution? > Apparently nothing! AG* *You're going over old ground. Again. Back when this interminable conversation started, it seems like it must've been during the late Jurassic era but actually it was only October 28, I said the following and today I see no reason now to modify what I said: * * "how would this look from the driver of the car's point of view? He would see the car as being stationary and therefore 10 feet long, but the garage is moving so fast due to Lorentz contraction the garage is now only 8 feet deep not 9, and apparently making things even worse. However, what the car driver sees is that as soon as the front of the car enters the garage the garage man runs around to the back and opens the back door of the garage. From the car driver's point of view at NO time is the car simultaneously between BOTH of two closed and locked doors. So there is no paradox, although the car driver and the garage man do not agree what is "simultaneous" and what is not."* *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* ?w1 -- 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/CAJPayv2z4Zov%2B7C08tjo8ZbE%2BvdQHiU-0qUqz_oeB7ZD9aNV%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com.
