Re: [Phys-l] The behavior of light

["David Bowman" <David_Bowman@georgetowncollege.edu>]

Regarding Rick's idea of fun:
 
> But John, where's the fun in this?  It IS the twins that fascinate
> people, and yes we get into accelerations here, but to me the
> fascination of SR is the idea that by taking a trip at high speed
> and returning, I can effectively travel into the future.
 
Of course we all can travel into the future by just staying home,
too.  None of us are getting any younger.
 
> Be alive 1000 years from now.
 
OK, but that doesn't make your own personal life expectancy any
longer.  And how much fun would it really be to have been gone
missing all that history anyway, and only to show up later as a
hopelessly out-of-touch alien in an alien world where you can't
go back "home" again to your own "world".  You might even be met
by Roddy McDowell's relatives, Biff, or some Eloi, Morlocks, or
who knows what else.  :)
 
David Bowman