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Special Relativity. Lifetime.
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime.
Clocks need to be synchronized, presumably, because we can observe discrepancies in their synchronization if they emerge. That is all we have access to, not time. I don't know how atomic clocks work, but I doubt they are tapping into anything called time either, they are independent of it. All clocks present some form of observable motion or change to our minds, and our minds abstract the notion of time from this physical motion.

The formula doesn't change because of this, but perhaps the conclusions drawn from it do. Again, disclaimer, I don't fully know what physicists mean by terms such as time dilation. But it seems incorrect to conclude time has changed in any way based on the physical changes of a clock. It is like assuming time stops whenever I stop a clocks hand from moving. Or perhaps like having a ruler made of rubber, and assuming the world is constricting whenever I stretch the ruler out.
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Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 21, 2019 at 9:00 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Little lunch - November 21, 2019 at 9:36 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 21, 2019 at 9:57 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - November 21, 2019 at 10:28 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 21, 2019 at 10:45 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Fireball - November 21, 2019 at 10:31 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 21, 2019 at 10:56 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 1:39 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ignoramus - November 22, 2019 at 3:46 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 4:08 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ignoramus - November 22, 2019 at 4:51 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 5:18 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 22, 2019 at 5:47 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by brewer - November 22, 2019 at 8:45 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 22, 2019 at 5:49 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Athene - November 22, 2019 at 7:10 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by LastPoet - November 23, 2019 at 7:25 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 23, 2019 at 5:08 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Athene - November 23, 2019 at 8:50 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 23, 2019 at 10:43 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Athene - November 25, 2019 at 12:41 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Nay_Sayer - November 24, 2019 at 2:09 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by zebo-the-fat - November 22, 2019 at 1:05 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2019 at 1:33 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 4:06 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by LastPoet - November 22, 2019 at 4:11 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2019 at 4:08 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2019 at 6:08 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 22, 2019 at 6:10 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 22, 2019 at 6:19 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 7:39 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 23, 2019 at 4:41 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 4:51 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 23, 2019 at 5:17 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 5:34 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 23, 2019 at 7:42 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 8:32 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Succubus - November 25, 2019 at 10:55 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2019 at 6:12 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by brewer - November 22, 2019 at 7:23 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 22, 2019 at 10:23 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ignoramus - November 23, 2019 at 2:41 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Athene - November 23, 2019 at 3:34 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 5:12 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ignoramus - November 23, 2019 at 5:27 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 23, 2019 at 5:32 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 23, 2019 at 9:38 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 24, 2019 at 3:47 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 26, 2019 at 9:56 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Succubus - November 26, 2019 at 5:26 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 26, 2019 at 8:21 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Succubus - November 27, 2019 at 12:22 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 26, 2019 at 9:00 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 26, 2019 at 9:18 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 26, 2019 at 9:25 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Nay_Sayer - November 26, 2019 at 10:08 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Athene - November 26, 2019 at 11:12 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 27, 2019 at 2:15 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by The Grand Nudger - November 27, 2019 at 10:11 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 27, 2019 at 10:29 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 27, 2019 at 5:23 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 28, 2019 at 1:45 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by LastPoet - November 28, 2019 at 4:10 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 28, 2019 at 5:04 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by LastPoet - November 29, 2019 at 12:16 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 30, 2019 at 8:26 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2019 at 8:29 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ThinkingIsThinking - November 30, 2019 at 8:33 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 30, 2019 at 8:45 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by ThinkingIsThinking - December 1, 2019 at 9:35 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Succubus - December 1, 2019 at 2:10 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 1, 2019 at 2:42 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Stoneheart - November 28, 2019 at 9:18 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - November 30, 2019 at 3:37 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 1, 2019 at 3:02 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 2, 2019 at 1:18 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 2, 2019 at 7:41 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 2, 2019 at 8:30 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 3, 2019 at 1:41 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 1:54 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 3, 2019 at 2:10 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 2:18 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 3, 2019 at 2:46 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 3:33 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 3, 2019 at 3:38 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 4:35 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 2, 2019 at 11:12 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 12:02 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 3, 2019 at 7:42 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 10:55 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by LastPoet - December 3, 2019 at 2:55 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 3:12 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 3, 2019 at 3:33 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 3, 2019 at 10:27 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 3, 2019 at 11:02 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 4, 2019 at 7:09 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 4, 2019 at 8:13 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 5, 2019 at 1:41 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 5, 2019 at 8:19 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 4, 2019 at 2:41 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 4, 2019 at 11:44 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 4, 2019 at 5:06 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 10:01 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 5, 2019 at 10:24 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 10:55 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 5, 2019 at 11:19 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Alex K - December 5, 2019 at 11:23 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 11:59 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 5, 2019 at 1:29 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 1:45 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 5, 2019 at 1:54 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 5, 2019 at 1:55 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 2:43 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Peebo-Thuhlu - December 5, 2019 at 4:26 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 5:13 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 5, 2019 at 6:58 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 7:23 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 5, 2019 at 9:47 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 5, 2019 at 11:06 pm
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by Paleophyte - December 6, 2019 at 12:04 am
RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime. - by John 6IX Breezy - December 6, 2019 at 12:35 am

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