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A crazy thought: Could causality not be real?
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RE: A crazy thought: Could causality not be real?
(May 13, 2014 at 5:45 am)Freedom of thought Wrote:
(May 13, 2014 at 5:08 am)pocaracas Wrote: I vote "crazy" Tongue

In spite Regardless of the frame of reference, forces apply and time goes by... causality stands on those.

That's not the point. The frame of reference is the entire point of relativity. You say 'regardless' of the reference frame, but relativity was the main point of what I'm saying. You pretty much had to forget about relativity there to state that causality still stands.
No...
(May 13, 2014 at 5:45 am)Freedom of thought Wrote: In the reference frame of the ball that is being thrown up to the sky, the earth is moving away from the ball.
Now, be a good lad and think that, if the ball is your frame of reference, then it is not an Inertial Frame of Reference (not at constant speed), so all the laws of physics must be reworked to fit that... not an easy task, I'd say.

(May 13, 2014 at 5:45 am)Freedom of thought Wrote: Sure, there's forces between them, that's obvious, but not the point. Also, talking about time, time is relative to the ball and the player.
Causality is all about time. And, unless you have a reference moving at the speed of light, then time moves on.
Forces apply, accelerating objects.... just that action is bound by causality: one object acting on another.
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RE: A crazy thought: Could causality not be real? - by pocaracas - May 13, 2014 at 9:02 am

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