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   Message 17,004 of 17,516   
   Mike Fontenot to Tom Roberts   
   Re: The braking of the traveler twin   
   04 May 22 12:11:51   
   
   From: mlfasf@comcast.net   
      
   On 5/2/22 2:36 AM, Tom Roberts wrote:   
      
   > [...]   
      
   In a SINGLE SCENARIO:   
      
   (1): YOU contend that the accelerating person (the AO) concludes that   
   the separation between himself and his helper friend ("HF") is CONSTANT.   
      
   (2):  YOU contend that the perpetually-inertial observer ALSO concludes   
   that the separation between the AO and the HF is CONSTANT.   
      
   The special theory of relativity does NOT allow item (1) and item (2) to   
   BOTH be true, in a SINGLE SCENARIO.  In special relativity, a   
   perpetually-inertial observer can NEVER agree with an accelerating   
   observer for longer than a single instant.   
      
      Michael Leon Fontenot   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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