kenseto wrote:
On May 15, 5:22 pm, PD wrote:
On May 15, 8:49 am, kenseto wrote:
Hey idiot if the light signals ("started" or "occurred") at different
times in the train frame then these are not the same light signals as
seen by the track observer. Why? Because Einstein stipulated that the
singals occurred simultaneously.

He said no such thing. You do not have his book in front of you, and
your memory is terrible. He said only that the *track observer*
concludes that the strikes are simultaneous, because he has
observations that are consistent with that conclusion.

Hey idiot if the strikes were not simultaneous to begin with how can
the track observer sees them to be simultaneous?

SR says that observers in different states of motion will,
in many cases, disagree about whether events in different
places are simultaneous.

Ken, at this stage, how could you possibly not know that?

"Simultaneous to begin with" is dumbed-down too far. It
shows a presupposition (which experimental evidence
indicates to be false) that simultaneity is absolute.


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--Bryan