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An immortal fumble by David Strich (aka iqgoogol@gmail.com aka ...) (12-Aug-2008)

They are not DEPARTING
On Aug 12, 9:06 am, PD <TheDraperFam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 7:46 am, iqgoo...@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 11, 1:31 pm, PD <TheDraperFam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> I'll repeat the answer that has been given to you several times.
>>> 1. They meet and have the same age.
>>> 2. This is perfectly consistent with what both observers see. Twin A
>>> sees Twin B far away and older...
> 
>> OLDER? Did you say OLDER????? hey STUPID, define TWIN? clue: TWIN =
>> SAME AGE.
> 
> Nope. Not when they're far apart. They may very well have been the
> same age when they departed from each other, but they are no longer
> the same age far apart, which you can determine by following what
> happens during their separation, just as I told you.
> 
> This is where you seem to be having a definite problem. You apparently
> have it fixed in your head that "twin" means "same age" regardless of
> motion or separation. This is precisely the presumption of absolute,
> common time that you should not make, as that is inconsistent with the
> laws of physics.
> 
> It does no good to suppose that twins, by definition, are two bodies
> that are the same age regardless of circumstance, as such things do
> not exist in our universe. Their comparative age is dependent on their
> circumstance, such as their motion and how they got separated.
> 
> My goodness, no WONDER you have a problem with the Twin Paradox, the
> "David" version or otherwise. It's just incompatible with your
> assumption of what a twin is.
> 
>> now redo your answer. try to get it right this time! i have the
>> answer. do you want to peek?
> 
> No need to redo my answer. My answer is already correct. You may,
> however, need to bone up a little on special relativity to understand
> better what it says.
> 
> PD

WRONG.  You are making new assumptions.  They are TWINS in different
planets.  Who said anything about them departing.  Can you not see the
PREMISE?  They are not DEPARTING, they are MEETING.

WRONG assumptions, WRONG answer.

Do you need HELP?  (Hint: You do.  Physics senior professors at top
universities are known to go silent on these questions.  An assistant
janitor from a lowly university obviously will not solve the problem
from a relativistic angle.)
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