Russell, Now that both Liz and I have corrected your misunderstanding of block time let me repeat what you just told me, "There is no shame in modifying your opinion in this way, particularly when the previous statement was in error. Let's move on."
PS: I wouldn't have used this barb if you hadn't used it first. Something about glass houses comes to mind.... Cheers! :-) Edgar On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:42:11 PM UTC-5, Russell Standish wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 02:21:13PM -0800, Edgar L. Owen wrote: > > Russell, > > > > No, I never claimed that this means that "all > > points along a path traced out an object moving through space time > > have exactly the same clock time, because everything travels at > > c." as you claim. I don't believe that. > > I'm glad you clarified that. What you actually said (on Wed, Feb 05, > 2014 at 07:53:16AM -0800) was: > > "In fact relativity itself conclusively falsifies block time as it > requires everything to be at one and only one point in clock time due to > the > fact that everything always travels at the speed of light through > spacetime." > > Your clarification above repudiates this statement utterly. > > There is no shame in modifying your opinion in this way, particularly > when the previous statement was in error. Let's move on. > > Cheers > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpc...@hpcoders.com.au<javascript:> > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
