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From: hertz778@gmail.com (rhertz)
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Subject: Re: Electron size, shape and spin.Confusion and conflicts with Einstein's
 1905 SR.
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> Paul B. Andersen wrote:
>> ****************************************************************************
>> All but morons should be able to understand the following:
>>
>> An observer's speed relative to the observed object can't
>> affect the properties of the observed object in any way.



>> But the observer's speed relative to the observed object can affect
>> the observer's measurements of the properties of the observed object.



>>
>> Think about it. Obvious, no?
>>
>> According to the Lorentz transform will an observer _measure_
>> the length of a moving rod to be shorter than its proper length,
>> and she will _measure_ the rate of a moving clock to be slower
>> than its proper rate.
>>
>> But this does obviously not mean that the moving rod has changed
>> its proper length, or that the proper rate of the clock has changed.
>> Due to her speed relative to the observed objects, her measurements
>> are distorted.
>> ****************************************************************************