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From: film.art@gmail.com (JanPB)
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Subject: Re: Space-time interval (2)
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 17:02:14 +0000
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On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:35:41 +0000, Richard Hachel wrote:

> The notion of space-time interval should be abandoned because it is
> complex and leads to nothing, except final errors.
> What is the space-time interval?
> A metric, measured in meters.
> It is mostly an abstract thing that is not very useful.
> So we set ds²=dl²-c²t².
> Why and for WHAT?
> For nothing.
> For fun.

What you write is not even wrong, it's gobbledygook. It's like saying
that Newton was wrong because he used vectors or Hamilton was
wrong because he used characteristics.

> Hachel notation is much more practical,

Stop wasting your life on asinine fantasies. Face it: you
cannot do physics, it's not the end of the world. I cannot
play Beethoven sonatas. I survived.

--
Jan