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I neglected to post a question I proposed on another site. Why isn't time understood to be relative motion? In the last part I talk about relativity of simultaneity. I hope that proves interesting to you and others.

Hi everyone. I haven't been on in a long time and there's a good chance I will not make response, but I had become aware of what I was attempting to explain in previous posts is something called philosophical presentism. The reason I was so ardent about this idea within the context of theory of...

Okay well I think I have realized we are now talking in a circle. FrumiousBandersnatch you can't seem to understand that if something is the same for all observers it is an absolute. Like dude just google, is the speed of light in a vacuum an absolute. So guess what, when something is moving...

The speed of light in a vacuum being the same for all observers doesn't mean you are required to pick a reference frame to determine if something is closer to the speed of light. Something moving at half the speed of light is closer to the speed of light than something moving at a quarter of the...

How is this different from what I said other than you have just said it in a much more complicated way? So when you just show the math to me I assume it is correct, it does not disprove my point as far as I can tell. I will say I could have worded this point a little better. Time dilation...

I mean this with all due respect. Look dude, if we don't understand each other please don't bother. I would like to discuss things not get into an argument where both parties have no idea what the other one is talking about. I do appreciate your contributions. I would just like to prevent any...

Thank you sjastro. From what I can tell the part of the video at 1:39 seems to hit on a point that I have been trying to make. I am going to make an analogy. From time to time I have attempted to learn programming and have made small games, but I think this will make for a good analogy. The...

It doesn't matter what amount of motion (frame) you have, you are always somewhere within the minimum and maximum. So when I say something takes a long time I am referring to within the context of the minimum and maximum. That thing I am referring to takes a long time because it is closer to the...

Yep that's what I mean. Agreed. Agreed. Here, I will quote the post I am talking about. I stumbled upon this when talking on this thread earlier. It may be something you find interesting. I think the comment near the top that Robert Shuler makes is especially interesting in the context...

I understand that now. I just wanted to verify. Thank you for taking the time to explain that to me. I believe you have some teaching skills, at the least you seem patient. I more than likely do not use the terms correctly, but just because the terminology gets scrambled in my head doesn't...

The idea I am attempting to express is that whether two objects are accelerating or are at a constant velocity if their acceleration and speed, or velocity are the same respectively, meaning if two objects share the same acceleration and speed or if two objects share the same velocity, then they...

It has been irking me something greatly now knowing at least one of the reasons why I am not finding any traction in my search for someone who can understand my idea. I have been misusing terminology and this while frustrating and annoying is enlightening because now hopefully progress may be...

Thank you and I apologize. That is one of my problems and I believe it adds to the misunderstanding. An apology for not being specific enough. Yes, I was referring to the objects being stationary with respect to the surface of the Earth. After looking up more definitions I have found further...

Yes I agree and the movement causing them to fall is gravity. Maybe I am misunderstanding something, but please if you will help me with the following. Are not all inertial frames considered equivalent; meaning regardless of acceleration or constant velocity, as long as in that point in time...

Hey man, I hope I can give you some advice that can help. This is your problem right here, you fix it and everything should more less over time fall into place. You shouldn't want to be a Christian because you are afraid to go to hell. You should want to be a Christian because you love God...

I have been looking up further information on this matter. And I have an example and questions in the hopes that I can better understand your view point. While I now understand (thanks to you, much appreciated) that gravity being an accelerative force and a car moving at a constant velocity are...

Push, pull, fall however you would like to express it for right now. So you see the people on the planets experiencing more and less gravity as being in the same inertial frame? I see them on a different inertial frame. I was trying to find the discrepancy between our two view points. I am...

Here's an example illustrating the point further, Two planets are orbiting a star in the same orbital path one after the other at the same speed. Do not worry about how they would affect each other's orbit or gravity this is just for the example. One planet has more mass than the other planet...

Yes I understand that. Remember relativistic mass is just a term used to refer to what is now called momentum as you said with the following, The main point of the above is that if gravity can be considered an accelerative force why can't being in a gravitational field be like being in the...

It's been a while. Trying to take a break because being on these forums stresses me out greatly. I had a disagreement with my parents whether I should I go back on, but I am going to try another post. I guess it's frustrating when I have found no one that understands what I am trying to say...