On Saturday, October 6, 2012 11:33:32 AM UTC-4, Big Dog wrote:
> On 10/6/2012 10:26 AM, kenseto wrote:
>> On Saturday, October 6, 2012 10:56:45 AM UTC-4, Big Dog wrote:
>>> On 10/6/2012 9:45 AM, kenseto wrote:
> 
>>>> Paul Andersen said:
>>>> From the cosmic muon's point of view the earth is moving close
>>>> to c toward it.
>>>> Since there are zillions of muons surrounding the earth, that
>>>> would mean that the earth must move in different directions
>>>> simultaneously to meet these zillions of muons and that
>>>> would cause it to explode long time ago. Thank God it didn't.
>>> 
>>> Good lord what a bonehead.
>>> 
>>> In order to make it clearer for you, let me restate what Paul Anderson 
>>> was trying to say in sharper, cleaner terms so that you cannot possibly 
>>> misunderstand it.
>>> "From a reference frame in which a particular cosmic muon is at rest, 
>>> the earth is moving at a speed close to c toward it."
>>
>> Hey idiot....at rest wrt what?
> 
> At rest with respect to the reference frame. Do you know what this
> means? Suppose there is a car driving down the road at 60 mph
> relative to trees and stop signs. Can you visualize the reference
> frame in which this car is at rest?
 
No there is no such thing as rest frame for any object. The car,
the trees and the stop signs are all in a state of motion in space
Similtarly there is frame at which the cosmic muon is at rest.
By definition the cosmic muon was born at high speed.