Re: Time Dilation Can Only be Detected at Velocities Close to the Speed of Light

On 11/18/2024 08:46 AM, J. J. Lodder wrote:

Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> wrote:
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On 2024-11-17 21:45:06 +0000, LaurenceClarkCrossen said:
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Mikko: Then a difference in arrival times should have been detected in
the MMX at 30km/sec.

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According to some theories. Both special and general relavitiy predict
zero. But so does FitzGerald's contraction theory, so the experiment
does not tell about time dilation.

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Right. MMX is a worthless experiment for learning about nature.
It's zero doesn't tell us anything much.
In the decades following it a great many theories were advanced
to 'explain' it.
Michelson himself for example thought that he had proved
complete aether dragging by the Earth.
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Until Einstein 1905 put matters right of course,
and after that it had become a triviality,
not worth mentioning, because the answer is inmediately obvious,
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Jan
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Michelson-Morley was allowed to reach a very rest-ful state
as with regards to when it's spinning it's non-negative.
It's basically allowed to fall in line.
"Deep under Case University, ...."
Einstein of course in Sidelights on Relativity
does say "there is an ether".
You shallow pond