Re: [Phys-l] information

[John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>]

On 02/21/2008 02:24 AM, Sorin Cosofret wrote:

> Dear all, It seems that a ,,common sense” explanation of relativity
> represent only a dream in some imaginative minds. Appearances are
> generally deceptive. At http://www.elkadot.com/relativity/ there are
> some texts about relativity and their common sense interpretation.
> The explanations are simple and use only Euclidian space combined
> with limited light velocity .

Common sense is valuable.

We must, however, distinguish common sense from common nonsense.

The documents at http://www.elkadot.com/relativity/ are so
incomplete and incoherent that they make no sense at all,
common or otherwise.

Many of the sentences are ungrammatical.  Wildly nonstandard
terminology is used, without explanation.

Several critical figures are missing.

There is no mention of Euclidean space, Minkowski space, or
spacetime.  There is no meaningful discussion of simultaneity.

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