On Wed 2018-11-21T20:01:18-0800 Tom Van Baak hath writ: > Right. It's not obvious to me either. I've been looking some time > for the right book, article, or web page to hand out when people ask > that question. The same goes for a rotating planet made of foam vs. > water vs. diamond question. It's possible that separating "SR" and > "GR", as newcomers to relativity (me too) often do, is itself the > problem in this case. When two things magically equal or cancel > there's usually a deeper reason.
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