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Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World

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On 2/13/2017 5:51 PM, benj wrote:
> On 2/13/2017 6:36 PM, Pentcho Valev wrote:
>> The so-called bug-rivet paradox demonstrates an idiotic consequence
>> of Einstein's 1905 false constant-speed-of-light postulate:
>>
>> A bug is alive in one reference frame and squashed in another:
>
> As it turns out, Pancho, logical garbage that makes no sense is called
> the "standard model" in quantum mechanics. Sad fact is that objects do
> not change length with velocity. This can be shown theoretically just as
> it can be shown that an assumption of the constant speed of light is not
> needed. Nevertheless relativity still follows as we all know and love it.
>
> I'm pretty sure Odd will inform us that the bug is BOTH squashed and
> unsquashed at the same time and this makes perfect sense to physicists.
> The bug can only be squashed if you pull the rivet and look at it.

Nope. It is squashed in both frames. Well known. Except maybe to you and 
Pentcho.

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Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-13 15:36 -0800
  Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-02-13 18:51 -0500
    Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 06:38 -0600
      Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 08:12 -0800
        Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-14 11:21 -0600
        Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World edprochak@gmail.com - 2017-02-14 13:19 -0800
        Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2017-02-14 20:24 -0500
          Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2017-02-15 08:39 -0600
  Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-14 07:19 -0800
  Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World edprochak@gmail.com - 2017-02-14 13:13 -0800
  Re: Rods Longer Than Themselves in Einstein's Schizophrenic World Pentcho Valev <pvalev@yahoo.com> - 2017-02-18 10:02 -0800

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