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In article <BrrztE.J4u@well.sf.ca.us> metares@well.sf.ca.us (Tom Van Flandern)  
writes:
> 
> {reiteration deleted}
>     For those unfamiliar with SR, SR implies that events synchronized in one
>frame will not be synchronized (= simultaneous) in a relatively moving frame.

Not true.

>      Now here is the resolution:
> 
>      There are four events:
>      T1 meets E1: both are age zero.
>      T1 meets E2: T1 age 7 months, E2 age 4 years.
>      T2 meets E1: T2 age 4 years, E1 age 7 months.
>      T2 meets E2: both are age 4 years plus 7 months.
> {more deleted}
>      If we can agree on the resolution of the paradox, then perhaps we can go
> on to discuss its significance.  This version of the paradox reveals one or
> two loopholes in the usual understanding of special relativity with
> interesting implications for physics.  -|Tom|-
> -- 
> Tom Van Flandern / Washington, DC / metares@well.sf.ca.us
> Meta Research was founded to foster research into ideas not otherwise
> supported because they conflict with mainstream theories in Astronomy.

I disagree.  You are confusing time dilation with changes of coordinates.

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