Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Sylvia Else Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Relativity Refuted by Elementary Logic Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 16:52:33 +0800 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <27cf5f58333a92a17fb129caf2cafdd7@www.novabbs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net DvB6vlZpe7c4q/7tYUBMdwQffWg5zNi25RcthIhCwCWKBmASkg Cancel-Lock: sha1:/WDuIPFeyrFajaAzlnVlLGtsT1Y= sha256:lMi0PUtLxFdWUBcvI+TpmyCK3H0xShDiG/Be1aWWCzA= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <27cf5f58333a92a17fb129caf2cafdd7@www.novabbs.com> Bytes: 1619 On 27-Oct-24 11:06 am, LaurenceClarkCrossen wrote: > Relativity Refuted by Elementary Logic > > 1. Time dilation: Since time is an abstraction, this necessarily > involves the reification fallacy, making it illogical nonsense. > > Time does not dilate. > > 2. Length contraction: Length is an abstraction. > > Length does not contract. > > 3. Curved space: Space is an abstraction. > > Space does not curve. > > 4. Parallel lines meeting: Reifies space. > > Parallel lines do not meet. > > Conclusion: It is illogical to believe in relativity. The theory describes measurements. Unless you want to go down a quantum mechanics rabbit hole, there can be no question that measurements are real. Sylvia.