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Perhaps going back to initial ideas that Einstein used in his derivations
Edited initial post
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The teacher and his wife (PhD in experimental psychology) have beengoing back and forth for years about the
idea of special relativity, specifically time dilation. She insistshelp convince her?
that the ideas produced are ridiculous, can never be tested, etc.
When I point out the experimental evidence such as muons in the
atmosphere, difference in clocks moving at different speeds, and the
fact that GPS uses special relativity to help pinpoint location has
not helped to persuade her. Does anyone know of any experiments that
could be easily interpreted by a non- physics person (She has never
taken a physics course and I have never taken a psychology course) to
And finally are there any good definitions for time out there?
Thanks