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Re: My instantaneous point of view

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: My instantaneous point of view
Date 2016-08-22 13:21 +1000
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On 22/08/2016 1:03 PM, John Gogo wrote:
> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 9:17:46 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else wrote:
>> On 22/08/2016 11:42 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 8:31:12 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 22/08/2016 9:41 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 9:40:09 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On 21/08/2016 6:17 AM, John Gogo wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It would take about two seconds if go/come to Earth, one
>>>>>>> second if one-way.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, not instantaneous then.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sylvia.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, not any signal. But, the observation of the "largeness of
>>>>> the screen"(determined by maximum visual acuity) is
>>>>> instantaneous.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Suppose we had a large screen on the Moon, but it was initially
>>>> covered up. Then, when a laser pulse hits the retro-reflector,
>>>> the large screen was uncovered. Do you maintain that the
>>>> largeness of the screen could be observed before the returning
>>>> laser pulse reaches the Earth?
>>>>
>>>> Sylvia.
>>>
>>> Yes, this is what I have been trying to say.
>>>
>>
>> Your retina is sensitive to photons. For you to observe the
>> photons representing the largeness of the screen before the photons
>> in the returning laser pulse, the former would have to travel
>> faster than the latter. Why would they travel faster? How would
>> they know that they should travel faster?
>>
>> Sylvia.
>
> You are treating "retina" like a machine to measure "photons" from
> which the very nature of its' meaning is traveling. Don't think like
> this. Think about why the object is large as it is and what makes
> this possible. Then you go right away to the screen of photons. Don't
> do this. Instead, compare the image of the screen- the 1,2,3 in
> seconds vs. the signal that the satellite sends back.
>

There is no image of the screen until the photons from it arrive at the 
retina.

Sylvia.

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        Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-20 13:34 +1000
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            Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-21 12:40 +1000
              Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 16:41 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 11:31 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 12:17 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 19:48 -0700
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 13:21 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 20:26 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 14:29 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 15:18 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-23 08:42 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-24 12:54 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-24 18:52 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-25 16:02 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:05 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-25 19:09 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:40 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-25 19:45 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 13:43 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-25 19:50 -0700
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-25 19:06 -0700
                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 13:45 +1000
                Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-27 19:46 -0700
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-28 12:59 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-30 14:18 +1000
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                Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-09-01 13:54 +1000
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