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   Message 16,067 of 17,516   
   Ifrit to J.B. Wood   
   Re: Elementary Textbook Clarification   
   30 Mar 18 23:39:17   
   
   From: ifrit@jahannam.com   
      
   On 29-03-18 10:20, J.B. Wood wrote:   
   > Hello, everyone.  I continue to be puzzled by a relativity issue:   
   > Initially two persons have two synchronized clocks an are located at the   
   > same point in space.  One person, B, starts moving away from person A at   
   > some velocity.  We tend to view person A as "stationary" wrt person B   
   > and we know that person B's clock runs slower relative to person A's   
   > clock.  But if it's all relative why can't we consider person B as   
   > "stationary" and consider person A in motion?  But wouldn't that mean   
   > that now person A's clock would be running slower relative to B's?  I   
   > know I'm missing some fundamental relativity issue(s) here.  My thanks   
   > to anyone who can clear this up.  Sincerely,   
      
      
      
      
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