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From: clzb93ynxj@att.net (LaurenceClarkCrossen)
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Subject: Re: Muon paradox
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 21:37:23 +0000
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On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 8:39:24 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote:

> Den 02.04.2025 23:33, skrev LaurenceClarkCrossen:
>> On Wed, 2 Apr 2025 10:00:04 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote:
>>
>>> Den 01.04.2025 21:06, skrev LaurenceClarkCrossen:
>>>> It's easy to understand that the lifetime of the muons is longer and
>>>> that time dilation is an illogical fiction divorced from physics.
>>>
>>> The measured mean lifetime of a stationary muon is 2.2 μs
>>> The measured mean lifetime of a muon moving at 0.999668⋅c is 85.36 μs.
>>>
>>> These are measured facts!
>>>
>>> You claim this is easy to understand without using SR,
>>> so please explain why muons live longer when they are moving.
>
>> Paul, I do not know why they live longer. I know time dilation is
>> fiction. Surely, they can't go faster than light. Heaven forbid!
>
> The measured FACTS are:
> The measured mean lifetime of a stationary muon is 2.2 μs
> The measured mean lifetime of a muon moving at 0.999668⋅c is 85.36 μs.
>
> Do you really not understand how ridiculous it is to claim
> that these facts do not exist because you "know" they can't exist?
>
> You don't know the difference between science and religion.
>
> You _believe_ SR is nonsense, and ignore facts to keep your faith.
>
Don't you understand how ridiculous it is to infer from one rate of
change (that of muons) to all rates of change (time itself)? That is an
unwarranted inference.