> > Postulate 1: Longitudinal length and "distance" are the same thing as > > longitudinal length is also a distance. > > > > Postulate 2: Velocity is distance per unit time. > > > > Conclusion: Since longitudinal length reduces with an increase in > > velocity, then *observed* velocity reduces with an increase in velocity > > of the moving frame. > > Longitudinal length of an object in relative motion with respect to > you, is the difference between the distances of two points on the > object, measured simultaneously in your frame. > Since nothing is moving between the endpoints of the object > during some time interval, the act of dividing the difference between > these distances by a time interval is meaningless. VERT You're suffering from myopea. You just said that the *length* is the "distance".You are agreeing with me and don't know it. Next, you are saying that dividing the distance by time is meaningless*! I guess you never learned the definition of velocity. Pity. |
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