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   Message 16,955 of 17,516   
   Mike Fontenot to Tom Roberts   
   Re: The braking of the traveler twin   
   02 Apr 22 10:51:23   
   
   From: mlfasf@comcast.net   
      
   On 4/2/22 12:22 AM, Tom Roberts wrote:   
   > On 3/20/22 5:44 AM, Mike Fontenot wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Doesn't that convey a sense of "meaningfulness", to the observers who   
   >> are stationary in that frame?  I think Einstein thought it does.   
   >   
   > You simply implemented the CONVENTION of Einstein synchronization. If   
   > you synchronized the clocks differently you would get a different   
   > result.   
   >   
      
   If you synchronized those clocks differently, you would be ignoring the   
   fundamental assumption that special relativity is based on: that the   
   speed of light in any inertial frame is always equal to the universal   
   constant "c".   
      
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