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|    LuigiFortunati to All    |
|    Re: Twins and space station    |
|    06 Aug 17 10:13:15    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              Sylvia Else alle ore 18:03:28 del 05/08/2017 ha scritto:       > The acceleration is performed by the travelling twin. The apparent aging       > occurs to the Earth twin, many light-years away. It would be surprising       > if this were a causal effect.       >       > Instead, the acceleration just changes the travelling twin's frame, so       > as to allow the calculations to be done correctly. It doesn't do       > anything to the Earth twin.       >       > Sylvia.               The "surprising causal effect" (real not apparent) is the abrupt        shortening of the distance between Earth T and Space Station S that        passes from almost 40 light-years before acceleration to almost 5        light-years after acceleration when the 5 years of travel they are        still all to spend.              If acceleration generates a sudden "space jumping" it must only generate       (at the same time) a sudden "jump" of time.              Luigi.              --       Luigi Fortunati              Credere e' piu' facile che pensare       Believing is easier than thinking              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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