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From: Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: Relativity Refuted by Elementary Logic
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:14:31 +0200
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On 2024-10-27 03:06:16 +0000, LaurenceClarkCrossen said:

> Relativity Refuted by Elementary Logic

Relativity is perfectly compatible with elementary and advanced logic,

> 1. Time dilation: Since time is an abstraction,

That does not prevent us from talking about it.

> this necessarily involves the reification fallacy, making it illogical
> nonsense.

No, it does not. The expression "time dilation" has its own meaning
that does not follow from the meanings of "time" and "dilation".

> Time does not dilate.

That does not follow from logic or anything mentioned above.

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Mikko